Santa Fe Real Estate Guide

Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
January 2010
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MARION SKUBI GROUP Marion Skubi
ABR, CRB, CRS
Johnnie Gillespie
Partner, Marion Skubi Group
Marion Skubi Johnnie Gillespie 505.660.8722
Marion@MarionSkubi.com
505.690.1909
Johnnie@JohnnieGillespie.com
Aleka Moore Aleka Moore

Assistant, Marion Skubi Group
505.954.0732 Aleka@MarionSkubi.com
January, 2010
What an incredible year this has been! We are celebrating the first anniversary of our business partnership and it has been a
remarkable year for our clients and for us. There is no question that sales in Santa Fe have been depressed in 2009, but take a look
below – real estate is still selling and we’re proud that our clients are a major part of that success story.
Santa Fe has seen a slide in both the number of sales city and county wide as well as in the median price. The number of sales
in the city and county has declined by 8% after a 27% drop from 2007 to 2008. The median price declines 11% from 2008 to 2009
after a decline of 9% from 2007 to 2008. These statistics compare the first 11 months of each year (the data available to us on
December 1st as we write to you). It appears to us that, although we are not out of the woods, we may be working our way toward
some stability in the local market if we are spared another wave of foreclosures or other economic dislocations.
Here’s more good news: We have closed over 20 sales as we write this in early December and have more under contract set to
close in December and January. Sotheby’s International Realty has seen a noticeable increase in sales as well as in properties under
contract during the last quarter of 2009 compared to 2008. In fact, we have closed twice the number of properties in November of
this year compared to last November!
We often hear people say that all you have to do is list your house with whatever broker is close at hand and get it into MLS
and if it’s going to sell, it will sell. We hear people say that any broker will do when you’re looking for a house because they all have
access to MLS. We think our success and the success of Sotheby’s throughout Santa Fe proves otherwise.
Another myth we’d like to dispel – there are no sales made in the winter. Our clients have had exceptional success in the first
quarter of years past. Waiting until spring to buy or list your house isn’t a proven strategy by any means. Mortgage rates are at all
time lows, financing is available and property is selling right now.
Call us and let us know how we can make your real estate needs a reality.
2009 SOLD & UNDER CONTRACT HOMES & LAND

22 Hawthorne Circle 40 East Wildflower 7 Penny Court
3 Chestnut Circle 26 Honeysuckle 832 Bishop’s Lodge Road
7 Greywolf 87 Bluestem 59 Sunflower
20 Green Meadow Violet Circle 5 Dayflower
45 Paseo Aragon 92 Amberwood 10 Parsley Circle
7 Madrona Circle 7 Plaza Molleno 15 Calle Ojitos
3 Bluesky Circle 93 Paseo Aragon 13 Sundance
9 Green Meadow 95 Paseo Aragon 4 Camino Barranca
12 Hollyhock 13 Paintbrush Court 54 Dayflower
5 Summer Storm
This material is based on information which we consider reliable, but because it has been supplied by third parties, we cannot represent that it is accurate
or complete, and it should not be relied upon as such.This offering is subject to errors, omissions, change of price or withdrawal without notice. If your
property is currently listed for sale, this is not a solicitation. ©MMI Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
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SANTA FE’S MARKET LEADER
We Outsell All Other Santa Fe Brokerages.*
548 GARCIA STREET $1,295,000 6 LUGAR DE MADISON $869,000 1344 UPPER CANYON ROAD $1,998,000
With its fantastic Eastside location, this appealing 3,559 sq ft Understated luxury and the ultimate in sophisticated southwest Privately sited on 1.87 acres, boasting mountain and sunset
home plus 700 sq ft guest house, on 2 lots totalling almost 1/3 living are the hallmarks of this exciting 3,300+ sq ft home in the vistas, this thoroughly enchanting home with attached guest
acre, is an exciting value. The main house has adobe walls, exclusive Las Puertas enclave. The spectacular finish level house on highly coveted Upper Canyon Road merges historic
generous dining and family rooms, a capacious eat-in kitchen, features lavish use of quarried stone, fine hardwoods and appeal and contemporary delights. A beautiful 43-ft. great room
three bedrooms, plus a great office/4th bedroom. The private pigmented plaster. Highlights include an outstanding master accesses 2 portals and fabulous grill island. The superbly
master suite has a kiva fireplace, and its own balcony. Featured suite, fantastic Viking kitchen, and a dramatic beamed great equipped eat-in kitchen opens to a handsome panelled family
are generous high-walled gardens, central A/C and a two-car room with immense “disappearing” glass doors opening to a room. Featured are a romantic master suite with private terrace,
garage. The owner will consider selling the main house alone! spacious south-facing portal and lush fairway beyond. Not to be 5 fireplaces, hardwood floors, a separate office, radiant heated
MLS# 904478 missed. MLS# 901427 floors, and A/C. MLS# 905559
2300 WILDERNESS HEIGHTS $1,800,000 69 ESTRADA CALABASA $1,995,000

Enjoying explosive, sweeping views, this fabulous double adobe Eastside, Wilderness Gate estate This extraordinary 28 acre La Tierra compound offers astonishing views and total privacy. Featured
by William Lumpkins is a vision of classic design, modern luxury and timeless warmth. Over 7,200 are an outstanding 6,466 sq ft main house, two 2-bedroom guest houses, carriage apartment and
sq ft include 3 bedroom suites, a family/media room, library, office, studio/sunroom and separate cabana/guest house. With lush, landscaped grounds, amenities include a superb three-room master
guest house. Amenities include a showcase kitchen, walk-in wine cave, a hi-tech media system suite with double baths, marvelously equipped kitchen with spacious breakfast room, a pool and
with Blu-ray, an outstanding main floor master suite, refrigerated A/C, and abundant outdoor stocked pond. Impeccably updated, this is a truly exceptional offering. Available with 18 acres for
entertaining spaces. MLS# 903213 $1,695,000. MLS# 805877
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breathtaking, with soaring ceiling, hardwood floors and garden vistas. Featured are a huge entry galleria, dream library,
shanesantafe@gmail.com suberb master with double baths, an enormous dining room, and an excellent kitchen with granite counters, adjoining
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*Based on dollar sales volume from the last 2 years obtained from the Santa Fe Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service and Sotheby’s International Realty sources. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed and subject to change.
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Located adjacent to
historic Galisteo Village,
this northern New Mexico-
style compound on 5
view-filled acres, features
soaring ceilings, wide
planked floors, French
limestone tiling, antique
doors, hand finished 16”
thick walls, and French
doors that lead to a
peaceful walled courtyard.
Includes a guest house
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Fine properties to suit your Santa Fe lifestyle
For your new and evolving Santa Fe lifestyle, trust the Santa Fe Team to find
your ideal property. Amid natureʼs splendor – Culture, Tradition, Community –
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NEIL LYON, CRB, CRS, GRI
DIRECT: 954.5505 CELL: 660.8600
DEBORAH DOUGLAS
DIRECT: 954.0777 CELL: 577.5169
VANESSA RIOS Y VALLES

DIRECT: 954.5522 CELL: 231.3708
With attractive property values and very low interest rates, it’s a great time to buy in Santa Fe.
January 2010
2009 CLOSED TRANSACTIONS For at least 6 months I have been looking forward to this new year. My desire for 2009 to end wasn’t
1985 Cerros Colorados (S) $1,050,000 really because 2009 was such a bad year. It wasn’t. Challenging, yes. Bad, no. My desire to see 2010
7 Madrona Circle (B) $1,295,000 was more about my curiosity about how ‘09 was going to end. The suspense about the year was due to
the fact that 2009 was really two very different years rolled into one. I wasn’t sure if we would see yet
825 Placita del Este (B) $699,000 another major shift before it was over. The first few months of 2009 were defined by a fear that I’d never
2564 Tano Compound Drive (S) $1,125,000 seen or felt before, and I think I speak for most of us. Those of us with jobs experienced concerns and
uncertainty unlike any in the past. Those fortunate with substantial wealth felt an insecurity that they
5 Paintbrush Circle (S) $795,000 never expected to feel at this point in the lives, and that was most unsettling.
1322 Cibola Circle (B) $434,000
The election of the Obama administration spread needed hope over the national landscape, but the
688 La Viveza Court (S) $710,000 reality of what we saw and felt daily created a confusing disconnection. It wasn’t until the stock mar-
7150 Old Santa Fe Trail (S) $1,495,000 ket started its dramatic assent did the fear start to recede for many. However, it felt as though we were
inching our way onto the icy surface of a newly frozen lake, hoping that it was thick and solid enough to
3 Chestnut Circle (B) $2,295,000 carry our weight. It felt good to be back on the ice, even while sensing the fear of possibly venturing onto
24 Tano Escondido (S) $1,650,000 the lake before it was solidly frozen.
4 Encantado Loop (S) $424,500 As we moved into the summer months, something wonderful started to happen. Buyers returned to
4305 Cloud Dance (S) $237,500 Santa Fe, found properties that excited them, found values that emboldened them... and bought homes.
This didn’t happen as frequently as we had seen in past years, but it was happening. Prior to this, buyers
9 Cloudview Court (S) $1,350,000 looked and looked, and then returned to their homes, assuming that prices would continue to decline,
946 Cerro de la Paz (S) $1,100,000 and expected to be rewarded for delaying their purchase.
1128 West Ridge Road (SB) $1,950,000 Is the recovery real? It appears that it is. Is the recovery going to continue without hiccups? Very doubt-
3278 Paseo Segunda (S) $1,190,000 ful. Is the Santa Fe housing market alive and well? Yes to alive, but still recovering with much more work
ahead. Values are well off the highs of the past, but we now have sufficient market information that has
9 Carissa Road (S) $485,000 accumulated since the dramatic changes that began in September of 2008 that gives us a much clearer
1040 Bishop’s Lodge Road (B) $1,100,000 picture of where we are and what most likely lies ahead. It is good to know that we are in a far better
place than we were 12 months ago.
27A Glowing Star Road (S) $1,495,000
1908 Meadow Court (S) $895,000 A few comments about the Neil Lyon Group. 2009 ended up being a very solid year for us, as you can
see. With 2 truly incredible real estate brokers and dedicated professionals, Vanessa Rios y Valles and
1011 Monte Serena (SB) $1,595,000
Deborah Douglas, we managed an extremely challenging environment exceedingly well. Many of our
18 Sunlit Drive East (S) $489,000 completed transactions were complex and rife with obstacles, but we had the great fortune to work with
committed buyers and sellers who stayed focused on the desired outcome of each of their transactions.
128 West Zia Road (S) $465,000
Lenders worked diligently to cope with ever-changing rules and requirements, escrow and title profes-
7 Greywolf (B) $1,650,000 sionals executed their roles expertly, appraisers successfully struggled with too little relevant data and
much of it inconclusive, and most of the cooperating brokers we worked with went the extra ten miles to
get their jobs done with impressive skill and professionalism.
UNDER CONTRACT
410 West San Mateo (B) $450,000 After the holidays, as we focus on the year ahead and how to best serve our clients, I am very grateful for
the many successes we had in 2009, but my team and I are very mindful of the many clients for whom
1159 South Summit Drive (B) $382,500 we still have much work to complete.
54 Dayflower Drive (B) $1,295,000
To each of you who contributed to our successes in 2009, my team and I offer a sincere thank you.
Prices shown are listing prices at time of sale.
S = Seller, B = Buyer
For detailed information about the Santa Fe market go to the USA Report on NeilLyon.com
6 HOME JAN UARY 2010 326 Grant Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.988.2533

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Michael D’Alfonso
505.670.8201
michael.dalfonso@sothebyshomes.com
Stephanie Duran
505.204.2491
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Located in Campo Conejos, this beautiful Amazing 2,700 sq ft adobe compound with Special 4% financing available. This Parade of Minutes to town, this 5,050 sq ft Driscoll home
5,050 sq ft custom adobe has four 2BR, 2BA main house, office and studio with Homes winner for Best Craftmanship and Most on 2.95 view-filled acres includes a gated
bedrooms, four baths, gorgeous sunset separate entry. 2,200 sq ft, 2BR, 1.5BA Innovative is 4,600 sq ft with 4BR, 4BA entry with a heated driveway, master suite,
views and is 5 minutes to town. 2.11 acres guesthouse and 600 sq ft ceramics studio house/attached guesthouse and masterful soft plus 3BR, 4BA. Views from every room,
on city water. A wonderful floorplan with two with high fire kiln. 1.5 acre lot overlooking contemporary/pueblo design. Remodeled by single level floor plan, dining room with wet
living areas, a media room, workout room, Cerro Gordo canyon. Traditional Eastern Prull & Associates and located in the coveted bar and a gourmet kitchen. Extensive portals
and a four-car garage. MLS# 905169 architecture blended with Southwestern style. Northeast area on 2.35 private acres with and 4-car garage. MLS# 905390
MLS# 905657 panoramic views. 3-car garage. MLS# 900434
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A great buy on the Northeast side, this 1,300 Gem near the Railyard. Two bedroom, two Adobe dollhouse in South Capitol. Single- Casas del Corazon home in Las Campanas,
sq ft, 2BR, 2BA townhome is in good bath, 1,230 sq ft home with high ceilings and family one bedroom, one bath home with close to the Clubhouse, overlooks the fairway
condition and is sited on a quiet cul-de-sac vigas. Open concept kitchen/living setting landscaped courtyard, high ceilings and and Sangre de Cristo views. 3,200 sq ft, 3BR,
just minutes from the Plaza. Attached 2-car and beautiful brick floors. Home is completely vigas, a dramatic fireplace, a country kitchen 4BA plus guest house connected by an interior
garage, 3 courtyards, beams in living room enclosed with a wall and an electric gate for and basement storage area. Completely courtyard. French doors lead to outdoor patios.
with a wonderful fireplace. MLS# 906404 privacy. MLS# 905550 furnished. MLS# 905208 Equity Golf Membership included. MLS# 900787
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$399,000 MLS# 806866
325 PAWPRINT TRAIL, LOT 132
$449,000 MLS# 806868
SOLD! TESUQUE OVERLOOK, LOT 154

$119,000 MLS# 904681
601 ABEYTA STREET $449,000 142 WEST HOUGHTON STREET $598,500 Las Campanas
Beautiful adobe remodeled from head to toe. Located on a very At the end of a quiet lane, this 2,142 sq ft, 3BR, 3BA home features 28 PLAZA DEL CORAZON
quiet street on the historic Eastside. Two bedroom, one bath with green living in the heart of South Capitol. Includes a separate office, $225,000 MLS# 903575
private walled-in backyard and outbuilding for storage. Exquisite large utility room and high ceilings with radiant heat downstairs and 30 PLAZA DEL CORAZON
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ABIQUIU LAKE HISTORIC HACIENDA

WATERFRONT COMPOUND
Spectacular water views, red Divine San Miguel d'Allende-style
cliffs, and Ghost Ranch from this hacienda compound in historic
dramatic 10 acre retreat 1 hour Cerrillos, 20 minutes to Santa Fe.
from Santa Fe. Own waterfront Original 1886 adobe, masterfully
property in NM! Well and utilities restored with high beamed and
are in. NM Real Estate Broker. corbeled ceilings; rich colors;
$495,000 arches; tiles; established gardens.
House, guest house, working artist
studio, on-street gallery, solarium,
garden shed, gazebo, sculpture
garden, stone cellar. $925,000
SUNLIT HILLS VALUE! LAUGHING MOOSE HISTORIC
LODGE STORYBOOK HOUSES
Elegant sprawling comfort. Large
floorplan with three separate
1898 adobe house, guest house
and art studio. Off Canyon Rd. Ashley Margetson
bedroom wings. Chef’s kitchen. SO special! High old trees.
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Expanses of open views in every and seclusion with breathtaking
direction yet total serene privacy. views on 50 acres, 12 minutes
Wonderful floorplan! Several to town. Antique doors, stone
Office : 984-5186
living spaces, with panoramic fireplaces, handsome hardware, Cell: 920-2300
views. High, pitched ceilings, gorgeous plaster and divine
stained concrete and marble finishes. It has everything! ashley.margetson@sothebyshomes.com
floors, fun open concept kitchen. Mainhouse, guesthouse, studio
Outdoor living spaces look over and office, and caretaker casa, all
www.ashleymargetson.com
Galisteo Basin. Stunning pool custom best of everything, in www.santaferealestatelady.com
environment. $995,000 gated Los Caminitos. $4,995,000
www.RealEstateSantaFeOnline.com Featured Homes in All Price Ranges
1496 WILDERNESS GATE $1,995,000 15 LA VISTA $685,000 152 EAST LUPITA ROAD $598,000 1309 CALLE LEJANO $449,500
Wonderful estate on 5 acres amongst tall Four BR, 4BA home plus guest apartment on Bright, delightfully updated Stamm home on Charming older home in Northeast location
Ponderosas. 3-4BR adobe home has grand 1.8 acres in gated La Vista. Open living/ a private half-acre lot. Two or three BR, 2BA, off Gonzales Road. 3BR, 2BA, Saltillo tile
spacious rooms, warm finishes, formal dining dining/kitchen. Master suite with sitting area, private entrance to 3rd bedroom/office. Kiva floors, beams, two kiva fireplaces, a wood
room with Mediterranean dome brick Boveda- office, fireplace, and patio. Beams with T&G. fireplace, French doors, A/C and detached stove and new heating and air-conditioning
style ceiling. 1BR guest casita. MLS# 902289 Beautiful city and sunset views. MLS# 904947 heated studio with A/C. MLS# 904814 system. All on one acre. MLS# 906574
Residential Specialist “Putting

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For Over 20 Years
6700 CAMINO ROJO $218,000 2501 WEST ZIA ROAD #306 $145,000
Charming 3BR, 2BA home on private cul-de-
sac near the Country Club Golf Course.
Location in gated Zia Vista Condos. Very
quiet two bedroom, one bath, 3rd floor
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Freshly painted and beautifully maintained condo in the back with views! Upgraded tile 505.984.5154
with patio and private fenced backyard, in kitchen and bathroom. Amenities include Cell: 505.577.2245
separate laundry, eat-in kitchen, security club house, gym facility, library, pool and
system, and double garage. MLS# 900711 sauna. MLS# 905143
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Eastside Privacy with Views
6 EAGLE DANCER COURT

$238,500
caminocruzblanca.com
Absolutely beautiful 2.5 acres in Sundance
1608 CAMINO DE CRUZ BLANCA $1,370,000 Estates conveniently located between Tano
An ideal Eastside location with wonderful sunset and city light views provides the setting for this private, gracious and light West and Sundance Drive. Be the first home
filled 3BR, 3BA home. Vigas, Saltillo tile, hard-trowel plaster walls, high ceilings, skylights, open concept living, dining and chef’s on this cul-de-sac with wonderful,
kitchen, extensive and thoughtfully landscaped outdoor areas with private well for irrigation, great separation between all unobstructed views in one of Santa Fe’s most
bedrooms, wonderful flow and feel, plus a tucked-away media/exercise/playroom: this house has it all! Also close to Atalaya sought after areas. MLS# 806218
trailhead and Santa Fe National Forest. MLS# 900769
RARE CONTEMPORARY OASIS
$699,000
Designed by noted sculptor Otto
Rigan, this sleek Contemporary-style
SOLD IN 2009
home is a true rarity on historic 8 VISTA TESUQUE
Bouquet Lane. The distinctly modern $1,695,000 MLS# 902016 (S)
residence centers around a single axis,
allowing the eye to move naturally from 79 CAMINO RINCON
one end to the other, and through 10’ $995,000 MLS# 904102 (S)
custom glass doors, out toward the
surrounding trees, pasture land, and 1155 CAMINO DELORA
Sangre de Cristo Mountains.A Koi pond $739,950 MLS# 807972 (B,S)
and fountain, fire pit, and walled private
1504 HICKOX
garden and lawn add alluring accents to
this unique home only minutes from $289,950 MLS# 901327 (S)
Santa Fe. MLS# 806804 1145 1/2 CAMINO SAN ACACIO
$239,500 MLS# 807975 (S)
santafecontemporaryhome.com 610 JIRON
$139,950 MLS# 901333 (S)
143 GRAYTHORN DRIVE
Thank You to all my Friends for a Wonderful $799,000 MLS# 801084 (B)
1711 PAINTED SKY

2009! I look forward to helping you with your $650,000 MLS# 903236 (B)
Real Estate needs in 2010! B = Buyer, S = Seller
ROXANNE APPLE
Direct: 954-0723
Cell: 660-5998 Visit my Website: SantaFeCalling.com
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Adobe & Frame Home. Individual Lot * No RC/HOAs
Covered Vigas * Updated Heating System
Tranquil & private setting close in. 3300 sqft. home with attached guest
house on a naturally landscaped nearly 1 acre lot in Wood Gormley
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505.988.2806
New Shingle Roof * New City Sewer Line 1 BD, 1 BA with separate entrance.Antique doors, custom tile work,
$200,000 Call Roseanna MLS# 900169 plaster walls, California closets in master suite. Sunset views overlooking
the Jemez Mountains. Call for appointment. $995,000 Call Beth 1-877-98 ADOBE
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Separate master opens to private courtyard. High ceilings,
lots of light, beautifully landscaped courtyards & koi ponds.
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$229,000 Call Roseanna MLS# 906160
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H OP COMMERCIAL PROPERTY located at 450 St. Michaels Drive 3 bedroom, 2 bath Eldorado country home beautifully sited to mountain views
505-690-2713
PR across from Hospital on a quiet cul-de-sac street bordering green belt. Portal entry through French
7770 SF * 2-Story Building on 1.1 Acre doors offers greenbelt privacy. Natural light through tall windows, brick floors
Individual Offices, Reception, Conference Rm. in main living area, lovely gardens and courtyard spaces. Numerous options in
$950,000 Call Roseanna #902119 this flexible floor plan home. $348,000 Call Beth MLS# 902731
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RancHO San MaRcOS 505-470-5638
11.62 acre horse property with expansive views and riding
trails await you.This immaculately maintained home offers
3 BD, 2 BA plus a spacious 3 car attached garage. Horse
barn, tack room, hay storage and corrals.Water catchments Plaza Blanca MESa DEl ORO 312 Camino Alire
barrels, landscaped and treed property make this home an 3 BD 2 BA detached single level home Rare & spacious 4 BD, 2.5 bath nearly 2500 SF home with 2 car garage
oasis in the high plains desert. 12 ft. ceilings in 28x 15 living room & formal dining; home.Walking distance to neighborhood Park & library is an enjoyable Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
15x15 master bdrm with patio door to courtyard; distance from home. Private & large backyard with fruit trees, grassy
$419,000 Call Beth MLS# 905580 kiva FP; utility room; skylights; attached dble garage
$350,000 Call Roseanna MLS#903142
areas for relaxing, pavers & lots of space for a growing family.
$335,000 MLS# 905431 Call Beth
Emily Ivette Garcia Excellence, with a touch of grace…

CRS, Real Estate Broker
“We must accept finite disappointment,

but we must never lose infinite hope.”
– Martin Luther King
After a challenging year for the earth, our county,

Our community and ourselves,
The glimmer of hope is burning bright.
May this light warm your heart and life,

And the lives of your beloveds in the coming year.
w. 505.955.7963
Thank you for allowing me to serve you. c. 505.699.6644
I look forward to 2010! emily@emilygarcia.com
231 Washington Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 (505) 988.8088
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fireplace. Plastered interior walls, vigas, Saltillo ceilings and 5 fireplaces. Mature landscaping abundant wildlife for the horse or outdoor split level design, walled auto court, and 2-car
and Talavera tile, attached 2-car garage and and 2-car garage. MLS# 905775 $1,195,000 enthusiast. MLS# 900539 $1,500,000 garage. MLS# 900047 $698,000
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505.577.5112 Cell rare combination of privacy, serenity and plus 1,000+ sq ft patio/portal. Guest house. power. 2 wells, fully fenced, 20 minutes south of
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A Hillerman gem for Christmas

Darlings, photographic journey of the landscape so
2010 — the beginning of a new aptly described in Tony Hillerman’s novels.
decade, an event that fills me with eager Publisher HarperCollins describes the
anticipation and a certain nostalgia. Eager book thus: “Compiled with remembrances
to see things improve, but nostalgic for by his eldest daughter, Anne Hillerman,
things I miss that are SO last-century. and original photos by Don Strel, here
Like what? I know you’re curious, is a timely showcase of a hauntingly OAKLEY TALBOTT
Cupcakes. Well, I miss being able to beautiful region that captured one man’s
while... you’ll probably be back), either Jill
look up someone’s phone number in the imagination for a lifetime.” Yes, Tony, and
or Elaine will find the perfect Realtor to
“real white pages” (this techno move to thank you for capturing mine and many
assist you WHEREVER you go.
cell-phones-only has forced me to join others, as well.
Remember Diane McIngvale, a
Facebook just to find someone’s telephone Relocating to New Mexico (whether
recovering Realtor, who joined the Peace
number.) I miss collecting matchbooks for the landscape or for reasons not yet
Corps and relocated to Azerbaijan in
with designer covers advertising the revealed to you) brings me to the topic
Anne and Don on tour (photo by Charmaine October? Here are some excerpts from
restaurants where I’ve eaten. (The war of real estate. And nobody knows real
Coimbra) her latest letter: “Have I told you about the
on smoking killed that.) I miss the thrill estate like a Realtor! (Wow, what a segue.)
space heater cooking technique? Amazing
of leafing through a Rand McNally Road Sometimes, Sugar Cookies, buyers need
people! When there is no gas, Shefaget
Atlas while trying to figure out where I a little help locating the right Realtor
cooks on that little, old, rusty space heater
am, instead of being scolded by that rude who can lead them to the right location,
with only one coil that heats. She starts the
lady on my GPS telling me to make a U- location, location. Jill Bossory is Santa
potatoes at her saher yemeyi (lunch) and
turn at the next available exit. Fe Realty Partners’ new director of
by 6 they are perfect. We have those on a
But, please, Ginger Snaps, I don’t want relocation. (This is not a shipping title
small plate, mashed, with pickled cabbage
to focus on what I don’t have. Let me tell at UPS, by the way). Jill herself relocated
and beets on top and eaten with bread as
you what I got for Christmas. I received to Santa Fe Realty Partners from Santa
a utensil. When I go to my room to study,
the book Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: On Fe Properties in November; she actually
Arife brings the space heater in to take the
the Road with Chee and Leaphorn. What started out 10 years ago as relocation
chill off, then they unplug it for sleeping...
a thrill. Immediately (well, actually, Sugar director at French & French. Jill describes
Jill, an expert at this relocation stuff “At school, we learned all about how
Plums, I waited until after Christmas Day, her job as a “glorified matchmaker” (now
to avoid political conversations about
in case they were opening presents) I it sounds more like eHarmony), and she
basically everything. Americans do not
called Anne Hillerman and congratulated loves it when she puts together that perfect
have diplomatic immunity here and we are
her and her husband, Don Strel, on a buyer/Realtor match made in heaven. (It
subject to Azeri law. Recently, there was a
tribute well done. happens often.)
case of young boys in a Baku coffee shop
As most of you know, Tony Hillerman So, who’s the “glorified matchmaker”
insulting the Government, and they are
died in 2008, and thus, sadly, Lt. Joe at Santa Fe Properties now that Jill has
spending time in prison... Sunday - I got
Leaphorn and Sgt. Jim Chee ended their relocated herself? Elaine Huismann
to take a hot shower, wash my hair, have
fictional careers. I say sadly, dear readers, selflessy stepped up to the plate. She
it dried and combed by Arife, not worry
because Leaphorn and Chee were partly is a natural for this job, because she’s
about anything. What a great day!.. Be
responsible for guiding me to this land been involved in some kind of customer
grateful that you can bathe daily, that you
Elaine, on her way to becoming an expert at this of enchantment many years ago, when relations (Century Bank, French &
relocation stuff have rights, that you don’t HAVE to marry
Leaphorn first appeared in The Blessing French, Santa Fe Properties) for the last
your cousin, that you can smile at anyone
Way. An addict of mystery novels, I was 20 years, so she knows how to put buyers
you like, that you can drink tea anywhere
intrigued by these Navajo Tribal Police and Realtors together. She has such
you like, and that you can have electricity
stories. Hillerman’s well-crafted tales great respect for Realtors that she even
all the time. There are people out in the
described things so foreign to me that married one! And just because she and
world that don’t have those privileges!!”
I had to get out to New Mexico and see Paul Duran (Santa Fe Realty Partners)
A good reminder for us starting the
for myself. Needless to say, angels, like got divorced several years ago, it doesn’t
New Year. So long. Sweetpeas. Until next
a multitude of other searchers just like mean they aren’t still good friends and
time... Oakley
myself, I was hooked. happy grandparents to their year-old
Knowing this background, Pumpkins, granddaughter, Audrey. By the way,
(Oakley Talbott moonlights as Realtor
you can understand my joy when Anne Kittens, this relocation thing is a two-way
Merrily Pierson and can be reached at
Diane (on right) bakes an apple pie for her and Don put together a book filled with street, so when you decide you’ve had
merrilypierson@cox.net)
host sister, Arife (on left), and family magnificent images that took me on a enough New Mexico enchantment (for a
16 HOME JANUARY 2010

HealthyhomeCorner
Helter-skelter shelter
Robert and I have moved away from house, which sits in the shade of an Enough! I realize I’m whining. In truth,
Santa Fe. We have left our “known” and ancient woodlot, became dark and there is an educational silver lining to
comfortable world of beloved friends, uncomfortably cold, and the inadequacies this crash course in personal resilience
family, associates and our nest... to of the woodstove became grievously clear that I seem to have signed up for. There
explore the next chapter in this union to us. As island rookies, we had invested is nothing that teaches about water
dedicated to home making. in wet firewood - the good, dry stuff consumption more quickly than having to
Currently we are renting someone reserved, no doubt, for repeat clientele. haul it yourself. I can now do a 1-gallon
else’s dream. Our rental home was built Our cord will be well seasoned after three dishwashing, and a reasonable 3/4-gallon
with the best of intentions of alternative more years of drying, but we are cold now. bath. I don’t intend to make this my new
materials and it is a healthy house, “Oh well,” I reasoned, at least the place has way of life. I like bathing too much. But
PAULA BAKER-LAPORTE
meaning there is no indoor pollution a deep tub and I can luxuriate in a warm, as we plan our new home, I am thinking
from scents, petrochemicals, or stray nightly bath before crawling beneath the about the balance between creating a what has, up until now, been normal.
electromagnetic fields. It was comfortably freezing sheets. responsible home that buffers well from Note to self: Get some good, wool long-
cool in the heat of summer when we Then the waterlines froze and the nature’s vicissitudes and becoming a more johns and toughen up, because choosing
committed to it. In October, we moved bathtub and the toilet bowl became conscious consumer of less. to consume less is only a volunteer
and settled in with relative ease. porcelain souvenirs of the good old days, Lesson learned so far: endeavor for the privileged few, and I
A couple of weeks later, during the first when we used to have running water. • Regardless of what a house is built have some talk to walk.
power outage, we were able to stay warm It seems that they don’t always bury or of, it must be built well with attention to
and cook our food on a woodburning insulate waterlines around here because details or cold air will just rip through it. Paula Baker-Laporte is an architect, fellow
stove and luckily the umbilical chord it doesn’t usually freeze like this. We have • If you don’t want your home to feel of the American Institute of Architects, and
called BC Hydro began to feed us some bottled water to drink and a nearby like a meat-storage facility, put it where a certified Building Biology practitioner and
again before we ran out of candles and source from which to haul water in to the sun can get at it when the sun does teacher. She is primary author of Prescriptions
batteries. By island standards, where meet other basic needs. Sometime in the shine. for a Healthy House and co-author with
multi-day outages are not uncommon, we middle of last night, as I made my way • One good source of clean, potable husband Robert Laporte of Econest: Creating
had gotten off lightly. outdoors, I deeply resented leaving the water is the sky. Collect lots of it. Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and
Through November the days began warmth of my bed, a warmth that we had • Reconsider the whole flush-with- Timber. Paula and Robert are currently living
to get shorter (very short by Santa Fe created through the transfer, over many potable-water thing. on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
standards) and the skies rainier. The hours, of our precious body heat. • Plan for a more extreme climate then
Recent Home & Land Sales Homes $600,000 Land

$284,000 $622,800 $150,000
$335,000 $625,000
Sales data for the period Homes $630,000 Land Homes Land
$420,000 $825,000
$185,000 $175,000
Nov. 19-Dec. 18 from Santa $425,000 $770,000 $95,000
$995,000 $256,000
$500,000 $1,600,000
$495,000 $857,200 $234,000
Fe Association of Realtors $515,000 $1,375,000
MLS reports. Not all sales
are reported.
Homes Land
Homes $186,000 $220,000 $245,000 $320,000 $210,000 $110,000
Homes $340,000 $814,800
$45,000 $190,000 $222,000 $252,000 $325,000 $269,500 $227,700
$166,510 $415,000 $875,000
$55,000 $190,000 $222,500 $254,000 $364,000 $300,000 $418,000
$183,500 $437,500 $1,175,000
$124,900 $195,000 $228,400 $265,000 $465,000 $348,000 $418,000
$276,000 $450,000 $1,475,000
$145,000 $204,250 $230,000 $274,000 Land $1,100,000
$285,000 $500,000 Land
$170,000 $210,000 $237,000 $290,000 $70,000 $340,000 $549,000 (None)
$173,000 $214,750 $237,500 $293,000 $340,000 $805,000
$175,000 $220,000 $240,000 $294,000
county
Homes $307,402 $415,000
$219,000 $315,945 $450,000
$226,110 $350,000 Land Homes $451,785 Land
$230,000 $357,500 $76,500 $288,000 $500,000 $188,882
$263,763 $388,250 $375,000 $899,000
$305,085 $412,500 $420,000 $999,000
Homes $297,500 $326,000 Land

$265,900 $320,000 $463,250 (None)
$284,500 $321,000 $520,000
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Mexico fashion. House has a modern kitchen, living room, libraries, large master All of the original hand-adzed lintels, beams and vigas are in place as well as
bedroom, bath, and portal. Guest house has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, Mrs. Stedman‘s handmade tin light fixtures.3 bedrooms,2½ baths, 2,911sq.ft.
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UnderstandingAdobe
Wapton Toshowna’s wall and Vidal’s mantel
I once worked with a man in Zuni via a federal housing grant that carried is a very symmetrical town, seven blocks
Pueblo named Wapton Toshowna. He certain strictures. In a historic district, wide by seven blocks long with straight
was a mason who could quarry, cut, dress and on an important building therein, streets, straight walls, plumb windows,
and lay the local red sandstone with an the basic configuration must comply with and everything built to a right angle. It’s
understanding of the material that, to the standards set by the federal government. I delightful, but square.
observer, made rock seem malleable. As was the heavy with whom the builders were Pat, my uncle, met Vidal while catting
he costively chipped and shaped, he never supposed to consult on compliance issues. around bars in Guatemala City and the two
seemed mindful of where the block would You will not be surprised to know that I did became friends. Pat, in fact, edited Vidal’s
be set, but when he lifted it into place, it a very, very poor job. first really successful novel, The City and
was always a perfect fit. When I brought up Section 106 of the the Pillar, and appreciatively inscribed a
Spending a day with Wapton and some Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and copy to him, which I still have along with
of his more restive, and very much younger, argued that the footprint and elevations of part of Gore’s typescript and Pat’s editing ED CROCKER
protégés was a day spent mostly in silence. the house needed to remain the same, there notes. Editing, however, was not Pat’s job;
Gore Vidal’s mantel and Wapton
The hammers and chisels rang, to be sure, followed a short conversation between he was an architect and Vidal retained him
Toshowna’s wall are, I think, iconic
but there was seldom a word spoken. Wapton and the trainee to which I was to restore and make livable the convent
examples of how the layering of
Instruction was transmitted by a nod of the not privy as it was in a language I did not adjacent to the ruins of the colonial church
idiosyncrasy and use enhance rather than
head, a lifting of the chin or, occasionally, understand. When they were through, of El Carmen.
detract from a historic building. The
by a quiet visit to the student’s dressing Wapton approached me and said simply, In the sala of Casa del Carmen was a
present is, after all, the eventual past.
stand. “Time for a change.” fireplace with a typically Antiguan, which is
One day while we were working on the Preservation is change, paradoxically. If a to say flat and straight, mantel. One of the
Edward Crocker (982-2448 or eec@
Coyote Clan house, the south wall of which building cannot accommodate its purpose, first things Vidal had Pat do was turn the
crockerltd.net) is a principal of Crocker
had collapsed, a young mason-in-training it becomes a skeleton. Dust to dust, as it mantle into a rather exuberant curvilinear
Ltd. Architectural Conservation, which
suggested to Wapton that they, the clan, were. affair with no flat surfaces upon which
specializes in historic-preservation
needed more room and so the wall should In Antigua, Guatemala, there is a house could be placed “even a small snapshot
contracting and consulting. He is a
be moved out a few feet. called Casa del Carmen. I know it well of my mother.” An architectural tradition
trustee of the International Council on
I was on the spot. The money being because my paternal uncle restored it, in centuries long was thus shattered by one
Monuments and Sites.
spent on the clan house had come to Zuni 1946, for his client, Gore Vidal. Antigua man’s maternal revulsion.
FromtheDirector
Lois Sury is new association president
The Santa Fe Association of Realtors master’s degree in public administration been investing in Northern New Mexico
(SFAR) will welcome a few new faces as and has a background in human-resources property since 1976. She is involved in
officers and board directors in January. consulting. JoAnne brings management and the community and has led Prudential’s
Lois Sury assumes the role of president leadership skills through her experience American Cancer Relay for Life team for
for the association in 2010. She has been in both state and local government. She seven consecutive years.
affiliated with Sotheby’s International also serves as chairwoman of the Northern Coleen Dearing with Coldwell Banker
Realty for 13 years. She holds numerous New Mexico College Management/Labor Trails West Realty began her real-estate
certifications and designations within the Relations Board. career in Colorado. Before picking up
real-estate industry and has held various Dan Wright, Santa Fe Properties, takes real estate in New Mexico, she worked
leadership positions through her years of on the role of first vice president on behalf for eight years with the New Mexico
service to SFAR. of SFAR in 2010. Dan is a graduate of Repertory Theatre. She currently chairs
DONNA REYNOLDS
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exemplifies the Realtor Code of Ethics, on been a licensed broker for two decades now. local Women’s Council of Realtors. his spare time, he enjoys glass-blowing and
professionalism, on participation in Realtor Dan is a golf enthusiast and a past president Bill McCoy is the chief operating officer stained-glass work.
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board member since 2005, including two been an associate Broker with Prudential Steering Committee of the New Mexico at 982-8385 or donna@sfar.com.
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| 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000 | 3908
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Hyde Del Norte $1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo
Road $210,000 |$5,500,000
98 Lower Llano |Road
MLS$475,000
904463 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000$2,300,000
| 8 Westwind Road
| MLS$450,000
900399 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada
$1,895,000 de Milagro
| MLS 904317$190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita
$339,000 | 3908 Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 | 627 Camino De La Luz $325,000 | 27 Mamie’s Mile
$240,000 |SOLD | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del Norte | 2020SendaDeAndres.
2020SendaDeA
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Road $210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita
$339,000 | 3908 Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 ||SOLD | 27 Mamie’s Mile $240,000 | 35 Vista Lagunitas
$180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del Norte | 2020SendaDeAndres.com
$995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo Road
$210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000
3053 Monte Sereno 226 Camino Del Norte 643 Camino De La Luz
35 Vista Lagunitas$1,550,000
$180,000 | 60|Silver
MLSSpur906141
$900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 |$1,175,000
1500 Mirada Road $675,000
| MLS | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077
902601 Calle Contento|$295,000
$1,068,000 MLS 903413| 1014 Sierra Del Norte | SOLD |
22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo Road $210,000 |
98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000 | 3908
Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 | 627 Camino De La Luz $325,000 | 27 Mamie’s Mile $240,000 | 35 Vista
Lagunitas $180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del Norte | 2020SendaDeAndres.
2020SendaDeA
com $995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo
Road $210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita
$339,000 | 3908 Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 | 627 Camino De La Luz $325,000 | 27 Mamie’s Mile
$240,000 | 35 Vista Lagunitas $180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del D Norte
| 2020SendaDeAndres.com $995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | SOLD | 3910 Rodeo Road
2020 Senda De Andres 64 Camino Cielo Alto
$210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000
$1,095,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind
| MLS 906203 Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada7 deVista
MilagroBella
$190,000 | 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000
$999,000 | MLS 806945 $995,000 | MLS 906232
35 Vista Lagunitas $180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | Rancho Alegre $160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del Norte |
2020SendaDeAndres.com $995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del D Norte
$1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo Road $210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000
| 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000 | 3908 Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 | 627 Camino De La Luz $325,000
| 27 Mamie’s Mile $240,000 | 35 Vista Lagunitas $180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000 | SOLD | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino Cabra $395,000 | 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 | 1014 Sierra Del Norte
| 2020SendaDeAndres.com $995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | 6458TahawashStreet.com $220,000 | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del D Norte
$1,075,000 | 3910 Rodeo Road $210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000
| 4413 Mesa Bonita $339,000 | 3908 Rodeo Road $235,000 | 609 A Pinon $499,000 | 4RedondoPeak.com $480,000 | 258Staab.com $319,000 | 31 Sangre De Cristo $285,000 | 627 Camino De La Luz $325,000
2 Mescalero
| 27 Mamie’s Mile $240,000 Ridge $180,000 | 60 Silver Spur $900,000
| 35 Vista Lagunitas 1110 Camino
| Rancho Alegre San Acacio
$160,000 | 1500 Mirada Road $675,000 | 518 Camino22 CabraPiute Rd| 2077 Calle Contento $295,000 |
$395,000
$795,000 | MLS 906267 $749,000 | MLS 906231 $699,000 | MLS 901378
1014 Sierra Del Norte | 2020SendaDeAndres.com $995,000 | 22Piute-SantaFe.com $699,000 | 1705.5-A Agua Fria $375,000 | SOLD | 1047CaminoSanAcacio.com $599,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000
| 3910 Rodeo Road $210,000 | 98 Lower Llano Road $475,000 | 14 Tano Point Lane $2,300,000 | 8 Westwind Road $450,000 | 226 Camino Del Norte $1,075,000 | 6345 Entrada de Milagro $190,000 | 4413
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and transition departments — the latter for students “Well,” Stern said, “at that time, they thought it met the The limited budget also affected material choices. “For
NMSD work preserves historic façades transitioning from school to the greater community and
the work world — as well as the educational rooms for
art, technology, and woodshop. The historic gym gets new
spectator seating and a refinished wood floor.
needs of the deaf, but we’ve come a long way. “What we
say is the renovated facilities are deafcentric, and what that
means is that there are unobstructed vision lines and there’s
a lot of natural light. Deaf people are people of the eye.
example, the new addition has these very marvelous,
staggered wing-walls that are trying to respect the
passageway between the existing Connor area and the
new Hester Hall. The area is adjacent to the small, Hester
The locations of building buttresses and some windows Also, rooms are configured so people can see one another, Hall preschool playground. We were sensitive to the scale
By Paul Weideman
are being restored to the original locations. New windows and they are more squarish.” of outdoor space and quality of light for the pedestrian
P eople may naturally worry when they

see demolition going on at the lovely,
old campus of the New Mexico School for
have the same white-framed, double-hung appearance as
shown in old photos of Connor Hall.
Why that shape?
“The row situation does not work for us,” Stern
journey between the existing Hester Hall and the new
addition to historic Connor Hall.
Connor Hall is designed to achieve “Silver” in the U.S. answered. “This is so the desks can be arranged in a “The wing-walls were envisioned as precast-concrete
the Deaf — after what happened at another Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy & horseshoe or circular shape, so people can see each other.” walls with a curtain wall system to allow unobstructed light
lovely, old campus next door (the Santa Fe Environmental Design) certificaton system. Hooker said Connor Hall is accessed at the east and west sides. A and view to the art rooms. The budget allowed stucco-on-
Indian School) during the past year or so. the project incorporates rainwater harvesting, energy- central, wooden balcony gives the appearance that the metal-frame wing-walls, with a standard aluminum frame-
Be at ease. The School for the Deaf is in efficient windows, increased insulation, and added south facade facing Cerrillos Road is the “front” with the and-glass system. The result honors the design goals in less
the midst of an 8-year improvement plan, daylighting to help reduce electricity use. main entrance. “One funny point about the Pueblo Revival expensive materials. Designing within budget is often filled
but no historic buildings will be obliterated. “We’re also recyling demolition waste,” said Richard style is that, in may ways, it’s more appropriate for smaller with this type of compromise.”
The current project is a major reworking Gorman, the school’s project manager. “All the steel and buildings,” Hooker said. “When you translate it into a Next up in the improvement plan is a renovation of
of Connor Hall, built in 1928. This is one of concrete was sorted for recycling; rebar was separated from big building like a dormitory, it’s almost like putting air 1935 Dillon Hall, just east of Connor. “That is our primary
four buildings on the campus that is listed the concrete and the concrete was broken into manageable into the balloon: it gets bigger and you end up with these academic classroom building,” Gorman said. “It’s the
on the National Register of Historic Places. sizes. Also, there were asbestos issues we
The historic facades facing on Cerrillos needed to deal with.”
Road and wrapping around to the east and The roots of this school go back to
west sides are being preserved, as is the 1885, when deaf pioneer Lars Larson
elementary school gymnasium at the rear, and his wife, Belle, began teaching deaf
while a new, steel-frame building is added students in a small adobe house at the
in the heart of the hall. corner of Dunlap and Irvine streets.
The project, saving much of the existing Two years later, the New Mexico School
building, qualifies as adaptive re-use, for the Deaf was officially established by
“the greenest thing you can do,” said the the State Legislature.
project’s architect, Kim Hooker with The campus was designed in 1917
Studio Southwest Architects, Albuquerque. by Rapp & Rapp, the Colorado-based
Renovation projects on the Studio firm that also served as architect on
Southwest resumé include the Wheelwright the Gross Kelly Warehouse (1914),
Museum for the American Indian, the the Museum of Fine Arts (1915), and
Gallup Train Station, and Memorial La Fonda (1920), among many other
Hospital in Albquerque. buildings in Santa Fe.
“State and federal law say we have to Today NMSD provides educational
preserve these buildings,” Hooker said. and support services to deaf and hard-
“It’s another of those unfunded mandates of-hearing children from throughout
— you know, ‘Don’t let them fall down, but, the state, ages birth to 22. It also
sorry, we can’t fund it.’ And often it costs administers a variety of outreach
more to renovate than to build new.” programs and offers early-childhood
Connor Hall probably wasn’t going to fall services through satellite preschools in
down anytime soon. Albuquerque and Las Cruces.
“Even in our first walk-through, the first Speaking in mid-December about
thing you look for are signs of settlement the school’s 8-year improvement plan, COURTESY NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
or cracking, impending structural failure, NMSD superintendent Ronald J. Stern
and that building is just rock-solid,” the said, “We knew from the start that we
architect said. “It’s a treasure of a building, wouldn’t be able to do everything in eight years. But what things that, on a house, look lovely, like three or four steps middle school/ high school, the largest building on campus.
and it has never received the sort of he have now is four new residential units, and that emptied up to the front door, but that turns into like 15 steps up That won’t involve anywhere near as much demolition as
capital funding that a state resource like the old dormitories, Cartwright Hall and Connor Hall.” to a second floor, which is completely not useable. There Connor. Then after that, we’re looking at our dining hall/
this should receive. But sometimes when “What’s really significant is that those residential were elements of that in Connor Hall that had to really be museum, and also Delgado Hall.”
something is neglected, bad change didn’t cottages introduced a progressive residential model for adapted. We wanted to develop a strong, new entrance and Keri-Lynn McBride, NMSD director of development and
happen, either. There have been additions deaf schools,” Hooker added. ‘Cartwright and Connor were a new lobby, an area that is visually obvious, that welcomes community relations, noted that the school would enter its
over the years that were visually confusing. very institutional dormitories and the way the rooms were everybody, and where everybody knows where the front 125th year on Jan. 1. “There will be celebrations associated
One of the most joyful parts of this job was arranged was impacting the relationships of people using door is, and once you’re in the lobby, access to the various with homecoming and on Founders Day, Nov. 10,” she said.
removing the hideous late-1970s addition the spaces. They were in many ways very restrictive for deaf departments is clear. It’s a huge improvement. “Members and alumni are amazed at what’s happening,”
that had been sort of hung on to the east users.” “We really love Connor Hall and we’re trying to save the McBride said. “They love being able to see the construction
facade.” best parts of it. But when we’re all done, you’re going to photos.”
In the early years of the school, teachers and
The interior walls of Connor, which was walk through Connor and there’s going to be new spaces See the “News” link at www.nmsd.k12.nm.us for
administrators furthered the school’s mission with an
formerly a dormitory, have been completely where you’ll think, ‘This doesn’t really feel great. I wish it construction updates and photos, and for general
informed, caring attitude, but the architects apparently
removed. The rebuilt, two-story space will were higher.’ Well, sorry. We’re doing the best we can with information about the school.
came up a bit short in in regards to program requirements.
house the school’s technology, counseling, what we have.”
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AIA selects eight for accolades
By Paul Weideman in downtown Tucson. An effort to bridge the traditions of Mexico and United States,
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it features brightly colored buildings (which also helps visitors orient themselves) and
ight projects by local architects were honored in the annual design awards of the
Mexican detailing.
Santa Fe chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The awards were bestowed
Bowden’s company also won an Honor Award for its muscular, angular, glassy, and
Dec. 7 at La Posada, with introductions and comments by Henry Tom, principal of
elegant Taos Residence.
Line and Space LLC, Tucson.
Also recognized were Atkin Olshin Schade Architects for its work on the Center for
Paul Stevenson Oles, Interface Architects, won an AIA Citation Award for his Sundial
Contemporary Arts and WoodMetalConcrete Architecture for its Tesuque Elementary
House. “Architecture,” Oles told the gathering, “is really about dreams, and about
School addition. Santa Fe Public Schools superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez called the
dreaming, and the beginning of my dreaming about a house in Santa Fe of our own began
school project “very creative, and that’s what education is all about.” She praised the
50 years ago with Philippe Register, who many of us knew as the consummate gentleman
addition as “creating a wonderful and warm working environment for our students.”
architect.” (Oles was Register’s first employee after the older architect opened his own
After the awards were announced, Geraldine Isais Forbes, director of the architecture
office in Santa Fe in 1960.)
program at the University of New Mexico, thanked the chapter for its generosity and
Spears Architects won two Citation Awards for its Santa Fe Prep library, which
dedication to architecture. “We tend to think of that 60-mile drive as this huge divide, but
achieved LEED “Gold” certification, and for its St. Michael’s Drive redevelopment study.
we can’t really do that,” she said. “I mean, we really have to think about architecture and
ellis/browning architects ltd. won a Citation Award for the Lena Street Lofts, a grouping
the design of our communities and the environment of New Mexico — advancing it and
of several structures that includes the home of the Trust for Public Land and many small
saving it at the same time and what does that mean? That’s a huge question for all of us.”
businesses. Lisette Ellis offered her firm’s thanks to developers/builders/owners Rick and
Closing remarks were given by Albert Moore, AIA. “I’ve asked myself,” he said to the
Rachel Brenner “for their commitment to this vision of an affordable industrial village.”
gathering, “if there’s some significance to my becoming AIA-Santa Fe president at a time
Suby Bowden + Associates won an AIA Merit Award for Casa Paciencia, an Arizona
that burdens our souls with concern for our own economic health, safety, and welfare, both
biomedical think tank and residential complex that was designed after the old barrio

Facing page: Taos House by Suby Bowden & Associates (Photo
courtesy Kate Russell)
Top, right: the Sundial House by Paul Stevenson Oles, Interface

Architects (Rendering and photo courtesy Paul Stevenson Oles)
Bottom, right: the Lena Street Lofts by ellis/browning architects ltd.

(Photo by Paul Weideman)
architecture
for our firms and for our profession in general. And when I listen, there is that small, soft
voice within that I sometimes pay attention to saying that this is a time for boldness and
leadership, not of the egoic kind, but a boldness of the heart...
“Let this year mark a shift in the paradigm that divides us, the paradigm of the fierce
competition and the belief that there is not enough work for us all, to a new paradigm
expressed by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who said, ‘Changing the world is an inside
job.’”
Moore pledged to provide “the bold leadership that will enliven the spirit that has led
us all to practice this noble profession.” Among the things he wants to do as president
are to develop an understanding of the holisitic nature of the profession through active
collaborations with appraisers, builders, bankers, lawyers, landscape architects, zoning
officials, and others; facilitate debate among Santa Fe’s mayoral candidates on how
architects will play a role to shape the future of the city; and sponsor a fundraising event
“focused on the public awareness of our modern design work and our urban design work.”
The AIA-Santa Fe gave special recognition to James Horn, Spears Architects, for
his work as originator and 2009 chairman of the organization’s lecture series. Horn
acknowledged the University of New Mexico, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and the
Santa Fe Art Institute as partners in the lectures.
He announced a collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art, which will bring
the traveling exhibition Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings to Santa
Fe. The show, opening on Jan. 29, will feature guest talks and workshops. Potential guest
presenters include Christopher Mead, professor and dean of fine arts in the UNM School
of Architecture + Planning; and Brad Cloepfil from Allied Works in Portland, Ore.

Representing Buyers and Sellers of Fine Rocky Mountain Properties and Ranches
Licensed in NM, CO, MT and WY
364 GARCIA STREET WAS $1,125,000 NOW PRICED AT $995,000

Perhaps the perfect Eastside residence, this wonderful free standing house The master suite is on the main floor, and there are two additional
“behind” Downtown Subscription is walking distance to just about bedrooms upstairs. Approximately 2,800 square feet in size, the house
anywhere you could want to stroll. The elegant south-facing design looks includes a two car garage. It has been recently remodeled and is in
out to a wonderful courtyard and very attractive small garden. excellent condition. Most furnishings could be had by separate contract.
ORTIZ MOUNTAIN RETREAT YESTERDAY’S RANCH

$1,375,000 These happy longhorn steers live on 1,000 acres within thirty minutes of
If you have ever wanted to own a section of land with a hacienda style Santa Fe. If you are looking for fifty acres outside of town, a working ranch,
home, this may be the place for you. The former headquarters of a or a little place in the country, anywhere from New Mexico north to the
12,000 acre ranch, this attractively designed house is located on the Canadian border, please call Margo. She is licensed in Colorado, Wyoming
prettiest spot on the whole ranch. About eight miles south of Madrid, it and Montana and has sold beautiful river front ranches in all of these states,
features fantastic views of the southern part of the Jemez range, as well as two of them in the last year.
a perfect view of the nearby Ortiz Mountains. Now located on 640 acres
the old headquarters awaits your personal touch. The remaining 11,300
acres, now subject to a conservation easement prohibiting subdivision,
are also available from a different owner.
1411 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, NM 87501 • WWW.MARGOCUTLER.COM • P: 505.982.1700

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Market Reports including sold and pending homes
and land in Las Campanas.
303 Cadiz road 26 pLaza deL Corazon

So Santa Fe, this expansive 5491 sq.ft home exudes charm & authenticity. Get ready to fall in love with this turnkey adobe gem. Completed in August
Located in the convenient Museum/Hospital neighborhood, the warm & 2007. Upscale finishes and a perfect scale to the rooms, mountain views and
livable home also offers a sun room, family area and full working photography lots of french doors leading to large courtyards. www.LasCampanasExperts.
studio. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #905265 com MLS #901872
$1,375,000 $1,245,000
149 CaLLe Ventoso West 29 teCoLote CirCLe

Casual lifestyle and great views-priced to sell! Gourmet eat-in kitchen opens to McDowell built Pueblo with spectacular mountain and golf course views.
family room and rear portal for easy entertaining. Enjoy sunsets by the fireplace Beautifully landscaped outdoor spaces for private enjoyment or entertaining.
and outdoor dining area. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #903928 Rastra Construction. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #903005
$930,000 $1,395,000
7 griLLo LoCo 3 piCaCho peak Lot 632

Spectacular home with phenomenal taste, style & views. An open floorplan Wonderful home with big breathtaking views. Big lot, big trees, mature
segues seamlessly to the outdoors for effortless living & entertaining. Dramatic landscaping. Guesthouse too, 3 car garage. www.LasCampanasExperts.com
architectural details and designer finishes. MLS #803422
www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #904433 $1,495,000
$1,995,000
Fine Home Offerings Laurie Farber-Condon Featured Lots

13 Rising Moon - $1,475,000 #806366 SOLD 6 Campo de La Vega, Lot 50 - $275,000
4 Crestview Circle - $1,150,000 #900564 SOLD 505.412.9912 Build your dream log cabin at Las Campanas! Expansive western views.
Fabulous floorplans available. Visit www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS
40 Entrada Descansco - $879,000 #805529 SOLD
1668 Sentiero Della Villa - $410,000 #901008 SOLD lfarber@santafeproperties.com #806701
171 Sunflower - $1,380,000 #806676 16 Canyon Vista Court - $225,000
8 Avenida Herrera - $829,000 #9023234
23 Plaza Del Corazon - $1,095,000 #905989
Zoë Greenberg Great west mountain and sunset views. House plans & model included
in price. Private lot at end of cul-de-sac in Las Campanas. Visit www.
21 Plaza Del Corazon - $1,295,000 #806231
7 Laurel Court - $499,000 #902973
505.412.9923 LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #801921
We also represent a large inventory of beautiful homesites priced
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utilities and paved roads in place.
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Third Quarter Luxury Market Report

Now On-Line!
Ride The Wave
By Don DeVito
What has been a challenging year for

high-end real estate sales suddenly
changed in September and october! We
had a buying spree for homes priced
over a million dollars in Santa fe that
lasted all of about 70 days. it was a
Patterns in the buying behavior were
hard to detect leaving us in the business
to enjoy the activity and remain puzzled
at the same time. in select parts of the
country including Santa fe, it seems as
though people could no longer resist some
Spot Light On . . .
Sharon Macdonald
“wave” of buying that took us all by of the homes on the market.
surprise, and was a blast from the past.
the numbers prove what a lot of us were Economic news is studied by all of us in
Luxury Market Report

experiencing: trying to make some sense of the tough
Third Quarter 2009 times we find ourselves in, and this positive
Luxury Marketing Group

• In 7 ½ months, from January through sales development may hold insight for
mid-August, we had a grand total the future. We are not returning to the
of 36 sales in that special “million sales levels of three years ago, and no
dollars plus” category. one here is saying we’ve reached the
1000 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501 • 505.982.4466 • In 3 months, between mid-August bottom, but spurts of sales activity at
Sharon Macdonald owned Sharon

and mid-November, there were 41 different price points in the market may
sales for the same price point! Many be a new trend. realtors say “this is the
of these transactions were cash deals time to buy” and we are prone to slogans,
and relatively fast closings. but prices for high-end homes have been
beaten down, selection is up, and now is
Macdonald Real Estate for four years

What’s more, the wave of buyers came probably the time to buy.
from all parts of the country, including
An Overview Of SAntA fe’S Luxury reAL eStAte MArket Santa fe. We saw people from Chicago, As the economic recovery continues to
new york, Atlanta, Los Angeles, the Bay bump along and other investment options
2009 yeAr-tO-dAte
and closed more than $21,000,000 in

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Dallas. sales will experience spurts of activity.
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trujillo
Peggy
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Jane
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sayers
470-0002 501-1327 690-5213 690-3070
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or contact one of our Brokers to sign you up 699-9420 660-9151 699-2507 470-6500
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Average Days on the Market: 280
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Sales prices ranged from $1,000,000 to $4,455,000 If your property is currently listed with another broker, this is not intended as a solicitation.
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weyhrauch Farber-Condon Pipkin devito
984-7323 412-9912 946-0449 690-1866
in november Santa fe Properties sold the

La Cueva Ranch in the Pecos River Valley.
victoria
murphy
660-5395
Paul
geoffrey
660-6009
matthew
sargent
490-1718
gwen
gilligan
660-0500
Accounting. “Real estate in Santa Fe is a
delight to me. My clients who want to buy
For information on this home, search for 904433 at SantaFeProperties.com
Santa fe Properties now holds the record
for the highest price properties sold in Philip david ginny Joan
vander wolk mead Cerrella grossman
both Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties 660-7506 470-2917 660-8064 690-9445
as reported to the Santa fe MLS.

Eric Lloyd Wright. “the home is a culmination of sorts, imbued with his ambition and
susan
Kline
Zoë
greenberg
Christopher
rocca
dermot
monks
here are doing so because living in Santa Fe is their dream.
If I can help them realize that dream, I’m happy. Service is
501-0101 412-9923 490-2999 470-0639
Christie’s great Estates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie’s, the world’s oldest
fine art auction house, was established in 1995 and is the largest network of real
estate brokers dedicated to the marketing and sale of important properties. the
network comprises more than 900 real estate offices and nearly 36,000 sales suzy sharon deborah Lynden
associates in more than 40 countries. the combined annual sales volume of all eskridge macdonald bodelson galloway
everything in this business — whether working with a buyer or

affiliate real estate companies is approximately $128 billion. 310-4116 660-5155 660-4442 501-1111
santafeproperties.com/Marketreports/LuxuryMarketreport2009-3.pdf selling a listing, and in my experience, it doesn’t end after the

closing. World class service, without pressure, is my motto.”
bob Lee Peggy Jane gavin (505) 946.0444 Main (505) 660.5155 Mobile
trujillo Conner hume sayers 800.374.2931 toll free
470-0002 501-1327 690-5213 690-3070 macreal@cybermesa.com smacdonald.santafeproperties.com
ZoË Greenberg
robert marg Julia Lee Zoë relocated to Santa Fe in 1997,
Frank veneKlasen gelbart Lowary bought property and built a home in Las
699-9420 660-9151 699-2507 470-6500 Campanas. Her positive experience as a
member of the Las Campanas community
inspired her to become a sales executive
on site in 2000. After a successful career
in Las Campanas for 8 years, she moved
Jim Laurie Pat don to Santa Fe Properties with teammate
weyhrauch Farber-Condon Pipkin devito Laurie Farber-Condon to broaden her
984-7323 412-9912 946-0449 690-1866 business. Originally from Iowa and a
graduate of the University of Illinois, Zoë
began her career working in public relations in Houston before
relocating to Philadelphia and a 13-year career in Main line
Philadelphia real estate. She credits her long standing success
victoria matthew gwen in the real estate market to her empathy and sense of humor.
Paul
murphy geoffrey sargent gilligan (505) 216.3440 Main (505) 412.9923 Mobile
660-5395 660-6009 490-1718 660-0500 800.374.2931 toll free
zgreenberg@sfprops.com www.lascampanasexperts.com
Phillip elaine Joan

vander wolk rivera
ginny
Cerrella grossman Suzy Eskridge
660-7506 660-7291 690-9445
660-8064 Suzy Eskridge has been a Realtor since
1985. Her areas of expertise include luxury
homes, golf communities, relocation,
commercial and investment properties. “I
enjoy helping people find the best home to
.. Christopher fit their needs. Mine is primarily a service
susan Zoe dermot
Kline greenberg rocca monks business, and that’s what I provide to my
501-0101 412-9923 490-2999 470-0639 clients. Service. Service. Service. As far
as marketing, I take a boutique approach
which focuses on no more than a handful
of exceptional properties at one time,
ensuring that each client receives undivided attention.” Her
reputation for performance was recognized when she was
suzy sharon deborah Lynden nominated “Realtor Associate of the Year.” Suzy is an active
eskridge macdonald bodelson galloway member of the Santa Fe volunteer community. She serves on
310-4116 660-5155 660-4442 501-1111
the board of the United Way of Santa Fe County.”
(505) 310.4116 Mobile
800.374.2931 toll free
seskridge@santafeproperties.com www.suzyeskridge.com

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Historic JoHn Gaw MeeM estate Beauty aLL around Best views in tHe suMMit!
217 Camino Del Norte - Premiere John Gaw Meem gated estate near the 1422 Bishops Lodge Road - Possibly the prettiest property available today. 1263 Spanish Hill – On a hillside in the Summit with views, this spectacular
Governor’s Mansion on 5.4 acres. The property now comprises main house, Lush acreage. House, guesthouse, pool, ramada, stables, corral, a pond, playhouse adobe estate blends comfort and function. Architectural details: antique vigas,
guest house and caretaker’s house for a total of 8500 square feet with 360-degree and teepee, private well and Sangre de Cristo Mountains views. 7 br, 6 ba, 7538 beams and wooden floors. A magnificent portal, plastered walls, media room
views! 2-car garage. SEARCH MLS#904226 at SantaFeProperties.com sq.ft., 3-car garage, 3.71 acres. SEARCH MLS#903706 at SantaFeProperties.com plus gorgeous gardens enhance the city and mountain views in this meticulously
$4,375,000 $3,995,000 crafted residence.. 3 br, 4 ba, 2-car garage, 0.6 acre. SEARCH MLS#904066 at
Paul Geoffrey (505) 660-6009 Peggy Conner (505) 501-1327 SantaFeProperties.com
$2,950,000
Susan Kline and Lynden Galloway (505) 501-0101
Robert Frank (505) 699-9420
tesuque estate of 16 acres cLassic adoBe By MuseuM HiLL off oLd santa fe traiL Historic adoBe and Guest HoMe
57 Polmood Farm Road - Local artisans crafted antique doors, custom iron- 931 Vista Jemez Court - Exquisite traditional adobe hacienda totally remod- 616 1/2 East Alameda - Historic adobe home with guest home, quietly situ-
works, five floor and seven ceiling treatments.The views of the mountains and eled with high end finishes including brick and hardwood floors,a‘gourmet’ kitch- ated in the heart of the Eastside. Short distance to the famous Canyon Road, and
Tesuque Valley are spectacular! The home and guest house are beautiful! 5 br, 6 en, family room, dining room and great room. Spectacular views. 4 br, 4 ba, 5117 a quick trip to Santa Fe’s finest dining and entertainment.3 br, 3 ba, 2743 sq.ft.,
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perties.com $1,695,000 $1,577,000
$2,900,000 Gavin Sayers (505) 690-3070 Deborah Bodelson 505-660-4442
Jim Weyhrauch (505) 660-6032
LoveLy House, GuestHouse and art Barn! spectacuLar Land on GLorieta Mesa! Betty stewart condo
171 Sunflower - Extraordinary value! Charming outdoor areas with mature 51 Ojo de LaVacaTrail - Spectacular land in two separately-deeded tracts, 20 767 #1 Acequia Madre - Betty Stewart condo, the ultimate in a peaceful
landscaping and Koi pond/lap pool. Built by Roger Hunter, this home has special miles Southeast of Santa Fe provides privacy, all-weather roads and diverse ter- and serene setting yet close to everything! This unit is over 2,000 square feet
design features and high-end finishes. 3 br, 5 ba, 5072 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 2.2 acres. rain with ponderosa and pinon trees, open meadows and stone ruins. 153 acres. with beautiful details and finishes throughout. Open and spacious and lovely!
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$1,380,000 $1,200,000 MLS#905044 at SantaFeProperties.com
Zoë Greenberg (505) 412-9923 Matthew Sargent (505) 490-1718 $1,090,000
Laurie Farber-Condon (505) 412-9912 Julia Gelbart (505) 699-2507

45 veRanO lOOp 8 WesT Old agua FRia

You must see this incredible
under contract
An Old Agua Fria Treasure.
value in the established This exceptional eight acre
area of Eldorado! This three parcel is close to town yet
bedroom, two bath home has has a rural atmosphere, this
lots of character and even beautifully wooded property
more potential. With just over has magnificent views of the
2200 sq. ft. this home offers Arroyo Hondo Valley, the Ortiz
an open living area providing Mountains and the Sandia.
lots of sunlight, several unique #905402
features and is situated on just $399,000
over an acre with open views.
Ready for you to make it your
own! #906105
$279,000
The ReseRve Convenient and affordable

30 CaminO dimiTRiO Northside living in a community just minutes from
Mountain and sunset views from this beautiful 2.73 the Plaza. Amenities include pool, spa, fitness
acre lot. The convenient location offers easy access center and laundry facilities on site. One and two
to I-25 and close to shopping and schools. Rare Dos bedroom units available on all three levels. Come
Griegos opportunity. #803666 and see what 240 residents have already found.
$175,000 sTaRTing aT $159,900 $149,500
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Jim Weyhrauch Dan Wright

WEYHRAUCH
&
Associate Broker Associate Broker
Mobile: 505.660.6032 Mobile: 505.670.0779
Direct: 505.984.7323 WRIGHT Direct: 505.984.7332
jimw@sfprops.com dansfp@hotmail.com
512 Alto Street #2 2 Eagle Feather

LD Light and bright two story condo with 2 beds and Warm and elegant home with lovely finishes,
SO 2 baths and two parking spaces, short distance
plaza and the railyard. Saltillo tile throughout,
including antiqued pine floors, a chef’s kitchen
and beautiful plaster walls. There are 2 bedroom
beams, faux kiva fireplace and remodeled suites and an attached casita. 3954 sq.ft.
kitchen. MLS #905128 Sunset Views. Fantastic price on Bank owned
$320,000 property MLS #902287
$1,195,000
511 Rio Grande, #3 33 Avenida Frijoles

Santa Fe style 2 bedroom condo just 6 blocks from Fabulous price on a well-appointed home in
the Plaza in a well maintained 5 unit condominium. Aldea. This 2469 square feet features 3 bed/2
Romantic kiva fieplace, French doors leading to a baths open concept great room, kitchen and
private courtyard. MLS #904044 dining room area. MLS #905885
$330,000 $575,000
Kate Prusack Val Brier

505.670.1409 505.690.0553
kate@prusack.com valbrier@comcast.net

SEcRET OF LOS SENDEROS SF SUMMIT HILLSIDE LUXURY TESUQUE cOMPOUND SOMETHING TO cROW aBOUT
Southeast -Serenely sited for privacy & views in one Off Hyde Park - Dazzlingly grand, this 5-bedroom, The timeless design of architect Robert Peters Laughing crow-Nava ade…Outstanding expanded
of Santa Fe’s most sought after neighborhoods, 4 ½ bath, 7200 s/f residence is sited amid a swirl integratesastunninglandscapewithwell-considered 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1635 s/f Mountain Breeze
this handsome 3-bedroom, 3-bath, 2494 s/f of Sangre & Jemez Mountain vistas & valley views. indoor & outdoor living areas & panoramic views of model is filled with handsome upgrades including
residence is graced with light-filled living & Santa From the elegant salon to the gently curved formal the SF National Forest & Jemez Mountains. Fusing vigas & wood ceilings, tile flooring, butcher block
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creating a circular flow for entertaining. Sleeping informal dining, family room, den and private master on 7.98 acres in the Tesuque Hills, the 4364 s/f conditioning & adobe-walled garden that opens out
quarters include 2 master suites with private suite, the floorplan opens to portals, patios and compound includes main house, guest & caretaker to community walking path. Nava ade amenities:
baths & a 3rd bedroom/study. MLS No.905445 view-filled terraces. MLS No.807559 houses + studio. MLS No.900437 pool, exercise facilities & trails. MLS No.906374
OFFERED aT $649,000 NEWLY OFFERED aT $$1,990,000 OFFERED aT $1,100,000 OFFERED aT $329,000
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Contemporary Adobe Artistry Three buildings on Canyon Road with parking!
1284 Camino de Cruz Blanca 616 1/2 Canyon Road
Fabulous contemporary house A celebration of diversity

and guest house on Santa Fe’s on Historic Canyon Road: a
Eastside, with an incredible gorgeous contemporary gallery
water fall feature at the entry space-designed by a prominent
courtyard with great views and local architect-welcomes you
privacy. Huge price reduction into the compound, and extends
makes this one of the best through lovely courtyard.
buys in the Santa Fe market! MLS# 902146 $1,470,000
MLS# 801753 $1,985,000
Wonderful home on a magnificent hilltop location Spectacular Land on Glorieta Mesa!
35 Camino Quien Sabe 51 Ojo de La Vaca Trail
Magnificent hilltop location with Spectacular land in two

breathtaking views! This two level separately-deeded tracts, 20
authentic Santa Fe style residence miles Southeast of SF provides
provides an open concept floor privacy, all-weather roads and
plan, with an elegant eat-in kitchen, diverse terrain with ponderosa
grand living room. and pinon trees, open
MLS# 904574 $945,000 meadows, and stone ruins.
MLS# 807554 $1,200,000

Located in environmentaLLy conscious La Pradera

38 Caballo Viejo - Custom home to be built by Advantage Total LLC. Flat/
pitched and tiled roof. 3-car garage. Covered portals. Private master wing.
Set in an incomparable landscape of juniper-studded hills. Owner/Broker.
MLS #903904 bob Lee trujiLLo
$495,000 Direct: 984-7305
Cell: 470-0002
bltbroker@aol.com
1999 Realtor®
Associate of the Year!
oPen concePt Living

6493 Camino Rojo - Open concept living space with decorative accent walls,
beam ceilings, skylights, ceiling fans, and kitchen accessories and still allows
for privacy to bedrooms with a split floor plan design. MLS #902265
$205,900
exceLLent deveLoPment oPPortunity

442 Galisteo Street - Development opportunity with permits in place & plans
for office/gallery. BCD zoning, office, gallery, restaurant, B&B, Spa, etc. 2 Story
allowed, up to 8000 sq ft total. Steps from the Railyard. MLS #902221
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vigas with split cedar ceilings, 2 kiva fireplaces, colored concrete floors, Pella work space with bath and 1 garage door. 538+/- sq. ft. of live in or office space Direct: 984-7364
windows and doors, and Chef’s kitchen with stainless steel! MLS #905361 with 3/4 bath, hook ups for washer/dryer, kitchen with stove, refrigerator and Cell: 470-7433
*Subject to lenders approval. $558,500 dishwasher. MLS #900388 $195,000 lilahlee13@yahoo.com
LAND LISTINGS
Price reduction! 2940 asPen view - Lot 175 monte sereno Lot 13 high summit
Located in one of the most beautiful areas in Santa Fe with 3 caminito sena Truly the top lot in The High Summit. 360 degrees of absolutely
unbelievable mountain views. Easy access to downtown. Great Perfect building lot ready permit. Pojoaque Valley. Private well in fabulous mountain and city light views. All underground utilities.
building sites with city utilities, paved and maintained city roads. place. Natural gas line stubbed out to utility easement. Existing Paved streets. City Water and Sewer. Within 5 minutes from
1.15 acres. MLS # 806847 $390,000 transformer. Water rights available. Horses allowed. Owner/ Plaza. MLS #905223 $1,000,000
Broker. MLS # 901313 $179,500
Price reduction! 3082 monte sereno drive- Lot 122 monte sereno 6 tierra vistoso, Lot 789
In one of the most beautiful areas in Santa Fe with easy access to 2522 agua Fria street Great building site in Las Campanas Estates VII. Grand views from
downtown and unbelievable mountain views. City utilities, paved Commercial Possibilities subject to City of Santa Fe approval. this lot located in cul de sac. 2.776 acres. MLS # 806849
and maintained city roads complement this site. 2.13 acres. MLS Mobile homes allowed subject to Board of Adjustments approval. $220,000
#806845 $265,000 0.75 acres+/-. City Utilities. MLS # 905857 $159,500
186 tract 2 eL rancho
41 e. saddLeback mesa Property has well and septic tank in place and ready for you to build
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1121 Calle Largo – Want to live on the north side for less than a million dollars? Come see this 4,100 square foot home that
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Visitor centers sport Barton designs
By Paul Weideman
W hen the New Mexico Department of Transportation

decided it would build a pair of fine-looking rest-
area visitor centers to rival a number of attractive roadside
facilities in Texas, architect John Barton was brought in.
The two structures, which were completed in 2008, are
located at New Mexico’s two ends of Interstate-40: the Glen
Rio visitor center is on the eastern border with Texas and
the Manuelito facility is on the Arizona border.
“At Manuelito, we really wanted to reflect the traditions
and themes from that part of the state, which is Chaco
Canyon and the Navajo country,” said Barton, an architect
of 27 years’ experience. “That led to the use of stone in the
veneer, and also to the round shape.”
In the center of the steel-framed building is a round
space symbolic of the Pueblo Indian kiva. Above is an
11-sided skylight. “We split 22 in half for that; 22 is the
number of Indian tribes in New Mexico. We have 11
vigas on each side, and the skylight represents the coming PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY ROBERT RECK
together of all tribes.”

The new I-40 visitor centers at Manuelito (top and
The state also did a big renovation of the whole rest right) and Glen Rio (bottom)
area, including parking areas and recycled graywater for
irrigation. Landscape design here and at Glen Rio is by for film showings by the State Tourism
Judith Phillips, the author of New Mexico Gardeners Guide Department, lots of bathrooms, and some
and other books. She specified plants native to each area. distinctive tapered, precast-concrete pillars.
“At Glen Rio we thought we would emphasize the “This is a design I’ve been working on. I
Hispanic culture in the state and work with a courtyard thought it would be nice to do something
style with portales, and also reference the great Spanish different from the traditonal wood column
mission churches,” Barton said. and bracket capital,” Barton said. I’ve always
The main reception area is bordered at the top by rows loved the simple columns in the really old
job before; they had wire in it and huge, 10-penny nails

holding it on, but you could get a crowbar in behind it and
you started pulling off a sheet and the whole thing would
pull itself off, it was so heavy.”
He’s doing a masonry study for Holy Faith Episcopal
Church. The stonework is starting to fall apart, due, Barton
said, to the use of mortar that’s harder than the stone — in
this case sandstone from the Lamy-Galisteo area.
“You basically have to repoint the entire facade, after
taking out and replacing the mortar probably five or six
inches deep. I think we estimated it would be $700,000 to
take care of that front facade.”
Barton admitted he’s “a little worried” because the state,
which has often employed him on projects, is currently
of small clerestory windows. “It’s a stretch but I love the Greek buildings.” strapped. “I’m scrambling to make up that work with
lighting in the small mission churches, particulary at Barton wasn’t able to indulge his love for mud on the residential and commercial work.”
the transepts, where they have the backlighting from the visitor centers, but his second home in Ojo Caliente is full Here’s how a Santa Fe architect scrambles: Barton and his
windows above that light the altar.” of mud plaster. He did a whole mud-replastering of the associate, Emily Stout, are designing a large adobe house in
Just below the clerestories at Glen Rio is a slender line of historic church in Ojo Caliente about 10 years ago, then Silver City. They’re getting ready for the groundbreaking
multicolored neon lights. Those were funded by 1 Percent he engaged himself in a grittier project at the newer Saint for a new storage building for the fire marshall in Socorro.
for the Arts and created by a neon artist from Clovis. Mary’s Church next door: pulling off the existing concrete They’re doing restoration work for schools at Zuni Pueblo.
Another fun element at Glen Rio is a couple of concrete plaster and finishing the building with natural mud. They’re doing some rainwater catchment systems for a new
balls on the roof. Those, the architect said, symbolize world How do you get cement plaster off a building? “Well, Los Alamos County transfer station. And they’re designing
travelers to New Mexico. if you crack it, hitting the wall as hard as you can with a a greenhouse for Northern New Mexico Community
Both visitor centers share a few design features: theaters sledgehammer, you get a little hole. They did such a good College in Española.

SpousessellingHouses
A new decade, a fresh start
Welcome to 2010 and all the wonderful month moving average of correlated data record low interest rates. Early in
mystery that this new decade holds. For from major markets around the country. November, President Obama signed the
regular readers of this column, welcome They reported steady improvement in extension to the homebuyer tax credit
to the new generation of “Pip’s Tips.” With home price values for the third straight which makes it good through April 30,
a new decade just beginning, we thought quarter. The final report of the year 2010, and adds an additional credit for
it would be a good time to look back to was not available at press time, but was existing homeowners of up to $6,500.
where we were and, with a little help from anticipated to show the same improving Interest rates are another important
the crystal ball, see where we are going. trend. Further correlating signs of variable and we don’t know anyone that
The last decade started with a bang national health come from the National can ever remember rates being better. For
as the whole world ushered in the Association of Realtors, which reported a $500,000 home, a 1 percent increase in
ROGER CARSON
new millennium with a cacophony of for December nine consecutive monthly the interest rate on a 5 percent mortgage
MELISSA PIPPIN-CARSON
worldwide celebrations. Nationally, home gains for pending home sales. equals a $310 increase in the monthly
values at the beginning of the last decade Locally, we look to data collected by the payment. If you are looking for a hedge it’s only when the stock starts to go up
were continuing the steady rise that they Santa Fe Association of Realtors and find against market decline, think about the in price that people get excited and buy.
had maintained for a full decade prior and several months of increased sales activity. compound effect of coupling current So, we wish you a happy and exciting
the nation was full of promise. While the A further look at absorption rates, a ratio interest rates with the homebuyer tax New Year and look towards a healthy and
market hit an all-time high mid-decade, of home sales to housing inventory, shows credit. prosperous decade ahead.
the events that followed affected not only improvements for the past three months, As a nation of homeowners, the value
our home values but also the confidence meaning that the inventory is decreasing. of our homes is measured not only in Melissa Pippin-Carson and Roger
that we as Americans have in ourselves. It will be a while before supply and monetary terms but emotionally and Carson are associate brokers with Sotheby’s
Our forecast for the new decade is a demand reach equilibrium, which in real- psychologically as well. We urge people International Realty. Read their blog at
steady improvement in both. estate terms is considered a market time to take stock in homeownership sooner DatelineSantaFe.com or call them at
National indices show a market of six months, but the trend is heading than later and stake their claim in the 505-984-5128 with your comments or
returning to health. The Case-Schiller that way. American dream. A friend of ours shared questions.
Index is considered one of the better Other positive factors include the a stock-market analogy to our dilemma.
gauges of the market as it is a three- extended homebuyer tax credit and Few people buy a stock at its low point;
Mortgagematters
Loan documentation is huge now
As you apply for your new Fannie Here are a few recommendations, If your Realtor has negotiated
Mae 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, the based on new guidelines. If you’re buying successfully for a credit from the seller at
loan officer presents you with 35 pages a home and transfer funds from an closing, a new good-faith estimate must
of disclosures and says that not only do investment account to your checking be drafted and signed. If this negotiation
you have to sign them but they must be account prior to closing, be prepared to happens the day before closing, you must
explained to you. Is this the government’s document the flow of money into your start over with a new good-faith estimate
way of helping you to understand the checking account. and wait the three days to close.
pitfalls of a loan process or just helping If your total income is from wages/ These examples are only a few of the
you waste your afternoon? salary, you will still be required to present many that can affect your financing. Don’t
Jan. 1, 2010, will be remembered as the copies of your tax returns from the last panic. Just go about choosing your Realtor
beginning of requirements for borrowers two years. Then, to top it off, the returns and mortgage lender in the smartest way
and loan officers, the likes of which we are verified directly with the IRS. One you can. Hopefully, I have given you JIM GAY
have never imagined. New regulations borrower had to delay his purchase some items to ask about. You don’t need rates, values that are hard to believe, and
and disclosures are coming at us so fast because the IRS did not verify the receipt to spend time learning all the vast new profit potential that is almost assured.
that only the best and brightest will quickly enough. What a mess. information that has been implemented Rest up and attack.
survive. After you spend your day trying Recent changes require your lender to in the mortgage world. That is the job of
to understand the 35 pages of disclosures, disclose a completely accurate good-faith your Realtor and mortgage expert. Jim Gay was a real-estate broker for 20
you will be presented with a list of items estimate three days prior to closing. Also, Patience , knowledge and calm trust years and has been a consultant to Fortune 500
needed to complete your loan approval, you must receive a copy of your appraisal in the professionals you choose is now companies. He is executive loan officer/partner
and you will be challenged with verifying three days prior to closing. Both must be the name of the game. Huge volumes of with Superior Mortgage Services (505-988-
your income and assets in more detail acknowledged in writing between you paperwork await you, but along with the 4422) in Santa Fe.
than before. and your lender. huge process comes record low interest

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Some causes 

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of water odor,
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taste, color
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We commonly treat taste and flavor
as one and the same, but flavor is
considered by water-tasting experts to be
the combination of taste plus odor. The     
American Water Works Association has
even published a drinking water taste
and odor wheel. The appeal of water to
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STEPHEN WIMAN
an individual is very personal and often
represents similarity with the water to ODOR. A sulfurous or rotten-egg odor
 
which one is most accustomed. is commonly caused by leaving your
Water is truly the universal solvent, water heater setting too low, thus allowing  
taking on various attributes of minerals and bacteria to grow. Check to see if the smell is 
substances with which it comes in contact. in the hot water only. Moldy, musty, earth,
Consumers pay good money for (mostly) grassy or fishy odors may be organic matter  
imported spring and mineral bottled in the water. 
waters because of their distinctive taste and COLOR. Brown, red, orange, yellow, 
perceived purity. But let’s keep it simple and even black staining may be attributed   
and look at water attributes we are likely to to various chemical oxidation states of
observe in our local water. iron and manganese in raw water and
TASTE. The most commonly perceived may also be contributed by water mains
taste of city water is what we would or the building infrastructure. Green or
describe as “chlorine” or a similar taste blue-green staining may be attributable
(and odor) contributed by disinfection to the corrosion of copper pipes in the
processes. The amount of this substance in infrastructure and may be caused by low
municipal water varies highly with respect pH, galvanic reactions between dissimilar
to the location of its final destination to metals, or improper electrical grounding.
the treatment station and transmission Milky white or cloudy water is almost
pipelines. The EPA allows up to 4 parts per invariably caused by dissolved oxygen in
million of chlorine in municipal systems the water.
and requires a residual level of chlorine be Many of the constituents of water that
present to protect treated water throughout have the most impact on flavor fall under
the distribution system. As a frame of the EPA’s Secondary Standards, which are
reference, a chlorine level as high as 3 ppm non-enforceable guidelines for aesthetic
is often enough to close a public swimming considerations. But metallic taste and
THIS YEAR, SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE.

pool. If your infrastructure is intact and blue-green coloration may be indicative
microbiologically safe, your household of more serious concerns. Some health-
water should not need disinfection and you risks contaminants are invisible and
can easily remove the chlorine at the point tasteless, can only be detected by testing, We have ideal solutions for those
of entry. and are potentially present in private and who are wanting to entertain and travel.
A salty taste in untreated water is usually unregulated wells. When in doubt, have
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caused by high levels of naturally-occurring your water tested.
sodium, magnesium, or potassium. A with beautifully designed elevations.
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such as iron, manganese, copper, and zinc science (Ph.D. in geology) and is the owner of
that may leach into water from pipes and Good Water Company in Santa Fe. He may Priced from the low $500,000’s.
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Spears keeping pretty busy in recession
By Paul Weideman business climate, it doesn’t hurt to have Seton Castle for the Academy for the Love but the ordinance disallowed it because that
I
a major LEED “Gold” building in your of Learning (Kate Leriche, project architect central pane is over 30 inches diagonal.
n 1986, Ancient City Press
portfolio. Spears and collaborating firm from the Spears office, hopes it will achieve “It is so tricky to try to have an ordinance
published American Adobes:
Fentress Architects, Denver, were notified the LEED “Gold”) and on a project to that is not subjective, that is very clear, and
Rural Houses of Northern New
last month that the 73,000-square-foot restore the ballpark grandstand in Madrid. that really fits every situation properly,”
Mexico by Beverley Spears. In its pages, the
Santa Fe Community Convention Center Asked about the extent of collaborations Spears said. “You end up with problems like
Santa Fe architect focuses on “the unique
had won the second-highest certification with various clients, Beverley Spears said, this. You can’t see this house from the street
status of the New Mexico village adobes
(only “Platinum” is higher) in the “It’s always collaborative to some extent, anyway, so it would have been much better
within the architecture of the United States”
Leadership in Energy & Environmental which I love. Occasionally we’ll do houses if they’d said we could match that original
and presents a visual tour of homes in the
Design system. for clients who are artists and they tend window.
style known, appropriately, as “Northern
Spears Architects has an even bigger to be very hands-on, so we’re kind of both “But I do support the H Board [the
New Mexico.”
project afoot in Taos: the Taos County doing architecture. We did a house in Historic Design Review Board that oversees
Spears enjoys, and is expert at,
courthouse, administration building, Nambé for Tom Berg and he actually did ordinance compliance] and I think the
architectural updates of this state’s historic
and jail — three buildings surrounding a more of the house designing than we did, town is enormously better off for having
precedents. One is the recently completed
house next to Acequia Madre Elementary
School. Talking about it in a recent
interview at the Spears Architects office,
she said, “One of my favorite things is to
relate to the context, relate to the culture
and history of Northern New Mexico, and
yet do something that’s very clean and
elegant and simple and well-designed,
that doesn’t look like it’s trying to fool
somebody that it’s much older.”
Another recent example is her “Fandango
House” in Abiquiu, in which she tweaked
the Northern New Mexico form. “In some
ways, this house is very traditional in its
layout, but what’s not traditional is that this
portal has a flat roof (as opposed to a shed
roof), but this has the advantage that you
block less light coming into the house. And
I think it’s a simpler look.”
There’s also a very dark roof that
contrasts with white-painted portales.
“The dark roof is really important because
it tilts up and it can be very bright in the
landscape. This one is almost black. The PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY BEVERLEY SPEARS
white portales are also important. The The Fandango House in Abiquiu
house form is very simple and there are
landscaped plaza. “It’s more traditional than but we loved working with him, and he was had the historic ordinance for all these
three of the portales and it kind of creates a
we would have done, but the client insisted: very grateful for what we contributed.” decades.”
rhythm.”
more corbels, more Taos style,” she said. “I She also loved working with Tom and There are architects, of course, who think
The house is 1,820 square feet and
think the community will like it a lot but it Ria Spier on a recent restoration/addition the town is stuck in the past, stuck with a
is adjoined by an oversized garage.
probably won’t win any AIA awards. on Santa Fe’s Eastside. One point about that “Disneyland” of adobe lookalikes because
Sustainability points come with the Rastra
“It’s an 11-acre site and there are a lot of project triggered a discussion about the of the 1957 law.
walls — finished with mud plaster on the
big, old cottonwoods we’re trying to save, town’s 1957 historic-styles ordinance. “Sometimes it’s a little tiresome, because
interior — and the fireplace, which stands
although it’s been tooth and nail and we lost The house was designed by architect the part of town that is protected by the
well away from exterior walls so that more
the first battle. You know, if you could put John Gaw Meem and was built in 1946. ordinance is a tiny geographic part,” Spears
of the heat stays in the house. The floors are
a price tag on a big, old tree — if you could And even though Meem was the most responded. “The real problem is that the
wood and Spears used a tray ceiling, shaped
sell them on eBay, they would go for tens famous architect of buildings in the “Santa demand just doesn’t seem to be here yet for
like an upside-down tray. “You get a little
of thousands of dollars. They’re extremely Fe Style” (which the ordinance was enacted contemporary architecture.
height and a little drama and you can build
valuable but because you can’t buy and sell to protect), Spears and the owners of the “The other thing is that this is a fairly
very conventionally using collar beams and
them, people don’t value them and think home were not allowed to reproduce one of grey-haired town, and it’s not that you
you have plenty of cavity to insulate.”
nothing of saying, ‘Those trees are in the Meem’s features on the house. have to be young to like contemporary
Business is depressed — “We’ll survive,
way. Let’s get rid of those.’” That was a 3-part window, two divided- architecture, but I think it is a factor.”
but this coming year will be particularly
Her firm also is at work on a new lite panels flanking a central pane, that
dreadful,” she said — but whatever the
building at the site of the fire-destroyed they wanted to repeat in the same room,

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The turning 505-988-2413
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to their lending guidelines to reduce
losses and correct what are now deemed
as risky lending practices. They are, in
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and risk-proofing the vehicle against future
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losses. They are returning to previous MLS #802850. $165,000.
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minutes to Santa Fe. Horses welcome. MLS
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practices that can prevent people from represents low risk. It is unlikely that the
3 BUILDINGS!
simply walking away from a mortgage home’s value will drop lower, and the
obligation. buyers of the home have a substantial
There are three characteristics that financial interest in the property. If the COUNTRY LOVERS DYNAMIC VIEWS & UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN
strongly affect mortgage lending: debt buyer cannot put 20 percent down, he will 10 acres bordering National Forest. A mere SUNSETS RIBERA!
ratios, credit ratings, and down payment. need private mortgage insurance. PMI SOLD
35-40 minutes to S.F. Horses welcome.
MLS #903752. Great value at $59,000!
5.777 acres of country space just
minutes from The Agora, Utilities &
2090 sq.ft. Studio/Workshop in large stone
building. House & Studio on 0.5048 acre.
community water. Horses allowed. Fixer upper on 0.1333 acre. Vacant lot –
These three features are the basis upon protects the lender if the loan goes into MLS 805977. $179,500. 0.1817 acre. MLS 901742. $249,000.
which underwriting decisions are made. default, and does not benefit the buyer in
The changes that went into effect on Dec. any way other than that the home can be
12 targeted all three, and will eliminate purchased with less than 20 percent down.
quite a few people from obtaining a If the buyer needs PMI, the debt ratio
Victoria Murphy
mortgage loan. cannot exceed 41 percent and the FICO VictoriaSantaFe@gmail.com
Debt ratios refer to the ratio of debt score must be a minimum of 680. There is www.VictoriaSantaFe.com
to gross income, i.e., income before any no flex in either number. If the debt ratio 505.946.0406 Direct
deductions. Until recently, if a person’s total is 41.5 percent, or the FICO score is 679, 505.660.5395 Cell
debt, mortgage payment, taxes, insurance, the PMI companies will not issue the PMI
and all other consumer debt (credit cards, certificate, thus no loan. Another screw is 9 La Barbaria
Beautiful light filled home with a fantastic art studio. Frame construction.
auto loans, home equity lines of credit) turned. Outdoor kitchen in a nature garden. MLS #902012 $950,000
did not exceed 50 percent of the gross The PMI companies have made a recent
income, it was considered acceptable. concession and will allow a debt ratio of 9 La Barbaria A&B
These Beverly Spears designed units are a wonderful investment
There has been a certain amount of flex in 45 percent, but the minimum FICO score opportunity to live in one and rent out two. Nestled in a pine setting on
this number, and with good credit, liquid must be 740. This is a very risk-averse 2.5 acres.
reserves, low credit-card debt, I could get combination. Another screw turning. MLS #905996 $450,000
an underwriting approval above the 50 These changes are clearly designed to 2201 Paseo De Los Chamisos
percent. This is no longer the case, and the prevent losses for the lender, and perhaps A private enclave tucked in the middle of Santa Fe with wonderful amenities
and quick and easy access to all Santa Fe has to offer is this charming
debt ratio has dropped to 45 percent of bring more sanity into lending practices. single level townhouse. MLS #905742 $326,000
gross income. I am assuming there will be Today’s homebuyer would be wise to visit
some flex in this number, but it is too early with a mortgage lender and to determine 846 Old Santa Fe Trail
Within moments from the Plaza, Canyon Road and Museum Hill. This
to tell how much. I sense the turning of a if his financial profile fits the new wonderfully located home is your dream home waiting for touches.
screw. requirements before shopping for a home. MLS #902589 $598,000
Credit ratings are based on FICO scores,
scores generated from the Fair Isaac David Hultin (505-946-2521) is a residential 10 NM 34
Perfect location for Breeders or Trainers, grazing pasture and two
Corporation formulae. The new rules mortgage-loan officer for New Mexico Bank and
5 stall barns, and dressage arena. MLS # 904253 $975,000
require a minimum score of 620. There is Trust. He previously worked in the mortgage
no flex in this score. If the FICO score is divisions of two of the largest banks in the United
619, the loan will be rejected by Fannie and States. 604 C Griffin
Wonderful condo close to the Santa Fe Plaza. Perfect for your primary
Freddie. The turning of another screw. residence or for your weekend getaways to Santa Fe. MLS #906546
In the above scenarios, I am assuming $360,000
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HGTV features New Mexico house
By Paul Weideman
“In general, the overall expression is
kind of a quiet, muscular structure,” said
architectural designer Amy K. Coburn
about the HGTV Dream Home 2010. “It’s
spare but strong.” The new house is the
prize in this January’s version of the annual
Dream Home sweepstakes sponsored by
Home & Garden Television.
“The project was originated by HGTV,”
Coburn said. “They send out their project
lead, Jack Thomasson, and he picks the
site and he works with a master developer
to identify a builder, and that was Mark
Roccaforte. Then they identify a design
entity. That was me.”
The principal of Amy K. Coburn
Planning & Design has her master’s in
architecture from Harvard University.
During her career, she has worked for
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the
Catellus Development Corporation in
San Francisco; Pulte Homes in Las Vegas,
Nev.; and was vice president of Forest
City Enterprises, Albuquerque, when she
developed a residential builder program for
the proposed Mesa del Sol master-planned
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY ERIC PERRY/HGTV
community just south of Albuquerque
HGTV ‘Dream Home 2010’ — exterior front and entryway with fireplace
International Sunport.
She is a licensed architect in
The house does boast clean lines and
Massachusetts and California. A resident of
sharp corners, with a handsome porte
Albuquerque for the past three years, her
cochere leading to the paved “motor court.”
New Mexico certification is pending.
“The porte cochere is a covered entry
Dream Home 2010 is a 3,900-square-foot
that’s like a giant arm stretching out
house and detached casita in San Pedro
horizontal to the landscape,” Coburn said.
Overlook at Campbell Ranch, a master-
“It reinforces the horizontal lines and it
planned community on the east side of the
links the casita back to the house.”
Sandia Mountains.
Several standout areas inside the house
“It is a courtyard home that integrates
sport distinctive, modern tile treatments.
indoor and outdoor living. I call it
“The builder and myself recommended
contemporary Southwest in terms of its
bringing in Erin Adams, the tile artist in
design expression,” Coburn said. “We
Albuquerque, and she did several beautiful
wanted a continuous floor plan, with spaces
installations with both ceramic and glass
that moved easily from one room to the
tile,” Coburn said. “The kitchen is very
next. So we created a major entry hall that
unique. She used a reclaimed-aluminum
becomes the center of the house.”
tile with a glass insert and you can see that
The entry hall has a fireplace, which
as a sort of full-wall backsplash, 16 feet tall.”
Coburn think of as the hearth of the
Coburn calls this a “high-performance
home. “To me, it’s kind of like the lobby
home.” The green or sustainability aspects
of a boutique hotel, where you don’t
There Dream Home has many pleasing the Product Showcase is full of Sherwin include energy-efficient appliances, ample,
necessarily sit there every day, but it gives
contemporary touches, although the Williams colors for interior walls, but blown-in insulaton, and photovoltaic
you the image of your home and it grounds
references to the “Pueblo style” are a bit there is no mention of El Rey or Red Top. panels.
the character of the place and so you’re
weak, with “decorative beams that serve as Sometimes the stereotypes shine through, Find out more at www.hgtv.com/dream-
constantly sort of rotating around the
a nod to traditional ceiling vigas” rather as in a photo of the house showing shelves home/index.html.
hearth like a Frank Lloyd Wright home, but
than using actual, structural vigas; and stocked with cans of menudo and hominy.
modernized.”

PermacultureinPractice
Both slips
and gains
evident in 09
It’s easy to think of 2009 as one vast left-
wing ignominy. The public option sank like
FOR SALE BY OWNER

Balloon Boy. Time named Bernanke “Man
of the Year.” Obama decided to send more
troops to Afghanistan. Copenhagen was, of
course, officially scheduled to be ignored.
TO REALTORS 3038 GOVERNOR LINDSEY RD
Even on a molecular level, the year was
an embarrassment. Due to a Clinton-era
NATE DOWNEY 3% - Beautiful, charming 2400+/- sq.ft.
3 bedroom (all with walk-in closets),
2 1/2 bath home with Granite
pesticide company’s half-brained weed-be- “specialty” contractors, who must prove countertops throughout, large pantry,
gone project, significant quantities of lead a minimum of two years of experience diamond plaster walls in main rooms
with the design and installation of cistern and vigas. Beautiful courtyard & back
suddenly showed up in the White House
patio with fountain, heavily treed
slow-food project. Later, NASA claimed to systems.
and irrigation. 2 car garage. Close to
have found water on the Moon. All the way Other parts of the cistern-permitting Hospital, schools & shopping.
from Houston, you could smell the pork process will need to be improved, but $529,000
being hurled at outer space. it’s great to know that the city is already MIRTHA DAVALOS
Closer to home, policies to be proud planning for these changes with their 505.690.1167
of actually gained ground. Santa Fe’s concept of a year-long trial period. The
living-wage law remained strong. A new Land Use Department has expressed hope
green-building code was enacted. Water that the remaining nine months of the
was allowed to flow in the Santa Fe River. pilot can be spent collecting data, so that
A major rebate program for rooftop water the overall process can be significantly
harvesting was also put into place for all improved by late September.
Sangre de Cristo customers. We are talking about the potential
My favorite Santa Fe success story liability of thousands of gallons of water, so
for 2009, like those mentioned above, it is wise to protect the public by requiring
sprang from city hall. The tale is a a permit for cistern installations, but it
great example of the importance of any is also inspiring to realize that, at the
community’s “invisible structures,” to use a leadership level, the city understands the
permacultural term. Given sustainability- hard reality of job loss in this community.
based decisions by government, sustainable Putting experienced people out of a green
societies will be much easier to create. job would have made little sense in these
I had called with bad news. “The city challenging times.
made a huge mistake when it formulated Since I have a few projects that I will
a checklist for handing out permits for soon be working through the city’s new
cistern systems. As of today, only plumbers system, I’ll try to keep you posted here at
can conduct the installation. Mr. Mayor,” “Permaculture in Practice,” but feel free to
I explained, “the problem is two-fold. check out recent updates at my new blog at
Plumbers typically don’t install cisterns, www.harvesttherain.com.
and most reputable contractors who do
install cisterns aren’t plumbers.” Nate Downey is president of Santa Fe We have proven solutions
“Thanks,” Coss replied. “There has to be Permaculture, Inc., an ecological landscape- for local water contaminants
an easy way to straighten this out.” design firm. His book Harvest the Rain is in
the advance-praise harvesting phase of the
www.goodwatercompany.com
Turns out he was right. Within a week,
the city’s one-year pilot program to publication process. Please contact him via www.
obtain a permit for a cistern installation sfpermaculture.com or 505-424-4444.
was amended to allow other experienced
contractors to harvest rain. This list
includes drainage-control contractors and

NEWS FLASH... Real Estate is
Alive & Well in Abiquiu in 2010
CASITAS DE LA JOYA - Casitas de La Joya - Enjoy the easy
lifestyle, spending time on the lake or relaxing in your own
Casita while enjoying the vistas that surround you. Enjoy
the benefits of condominium ownership with 13 individual
Casitas nestled throughout the 36 acres of Casitas de La Joya.
Overlooking Lake Abiquiu & Ghost Ranch these casitas are
the answer to your dreams. Elegant completely furnished
2-bedroom, 2-bath home (1,346 sq ft) or a contemporaty
completely furnished 1-bedroom, 1–bath home (1,028).
Access to a private boat ramp. Come see the views and stay
forever. MLS 903826 $390,000
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RANCHO PALIZADA - Luxury & wilderness in O’Keeffe country make this 500 acre equestrian 103 BLUE EARTH TRAIL - Where the Eagles Soar. Sierra Negra is in the front yard of your 22 acres.
retreat outstanding. Designed by renowned architect Beverly Spears, this ranch reflects and The distant views of the Sangre de Cristos and the Chama River Valley are in your backyard. Energy
responds to the surrounding landscape. Incredibly private, breathtaking Rancho Palizada provides efficient, Rastra construction makes this Southwest style home standout. Forest access for those who love
unlimited opportunity for riding, hiking & enjoying the varied & colorful outdoors. This Ranch’s
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MLS 902978 501 Acres $5,500,000 RANCHO DEL SOL - LOT 4 - Build your dream home on this exquisite 11 acre parcel in Abiquiu.
LA CANADA DE ABIQUIU – Tract 4 - In the foothills of Sierra Negra amidst a rock strewn Experience the magical 360 degree views that inspired the artistry of Georgia O’Keeffe. Ride or hike
landscape is a spectacular area known as La Cañada de Abiquiu. Vistas of the Jemez Mountains through the Carson National Forest with all of its varied landscapes via an adjacent private pedestrian/
and the Rio Chama Valley make this Tract ideal for your dream home or your retreat away from equestrian access. Shared well and electric transformer. MLS 905992 11.1 Acres $125,000
home. Shared well and underground electric.* MLS 906697 8.04 Acres $112,000 EL RITO RETREAT - Secluded Northern village adobe with tranquil privacy. Vigas throughout
THE HIGH MESAS – LOT 11 High on the mesa this lot has breathtaking views in all directions from the home enhance the New Mexico charm. The 3 bedroom, one bath home has a sunny open
Abiquiu Lake and Ghost Ranch on the opposite shore to the grandeur of Cerro Pedernal. Shared well and floor plan with warm brick floors and lots of windows. Enjoy the beautiful views from your
underground electric are in place, plus common access to the lake and boat ramp. Only 90 minutes to roof-top deck. Great spot for hiking and riding with easy access to the Carson National Forest.
Santa Fe. MLS 902274 12.93 Acres $296,000 MLS 906073 Acres 3.0 $292,000
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Advertiser index
Abiquiu Realty, Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adobe Realty of Santa Fe, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Margo Cutler Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Architectural Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Prudential Santa Fe Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21
Barker Realty, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity ReStore . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapman Realty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Santa Fe Properties, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-32, 39, 44
Del Norte Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Santa Fe Realty Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dougherty Real Estate Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sotheby’s Int’l.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 8-13, 34
El Corazon de Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Trust for Public Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Feather & Gill Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Western Equities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Flance Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Woods Architects Builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Good Water Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Yucca Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Jeanne Langelier Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Zachary’s Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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